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No. 17 <br />TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem & City Council <br />FROM: Robert Vine, Interim City Manager <br />Richard Salter, Chief of Police <br />Robert Talley, Code Enforcement Supervisor <br />SUBJECT: No Parking Ordinance <br />DATE: July 22, 2024 <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Off-street parking is regulated under the City's Zoning Ordinance, Section 9B-10-111 entitled <br />"Use of Parking Areas". The ordinance currently requires that (a) identified off-street parking be <br />reserved for parking and no other use; (b) parking in the front yard must occur on the driveway <br />(surfaced, or if unsurfaced where a driveway might logically be); and (d) semi -trucks are not <br />allowed to be parked in specific residential zones (unless expeditious loading / unloading is <br />occurring). Otherwise, parking of vehicles (other than semi -trucks) can occur in the side and/or <br />rear yards of the residential property. The intent of this code is to maintain a neat and orderly look <br />to the surrounding neighborhood. <br />An issue that is not addressed is off-street parking in 1) a vacant residential lot and/or 2) an <br />unimproved and unsurfaced vacant non-residential lot. The Police Department and Code <br />Enforcement Department continue to receive complaints about vehicles across town parked in such <br />vacant lots. Typically, vehicles are being left for long periods of time unattended (junk and <br />rubbish), are leaving ruts / damage to the properties that go unfixed and make it hard for them to <br />be maintained (nuisance violations — tall grass and weeds), and/or are associated with large <br />gatherings (noise, trash, etc.). Overall, there are issues that can run afoul of the intent of <br />maintaining a neat and orderly neighborhood. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: <br />City Staff have developed the attached proposed amendment, adding 9B -10-111(c). This would <br />make it illegal to park a vehicle on 1) any vacant residential lot and 2) any unimproved and <br />unsurfaced (non-residential) vacant lot. The prohibition in #1 disallows improved and/or surfaced <br />