LEGISLATIVE ACTION ITEM
SPONSOR: City Council Vice President Delarian Wiggins
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PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 15-22 - AMENDING CITY CODE SECTION 11-2-50 - RELATED TO METERED PARKING SPACES AND RATES
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RECOMMENDATION:
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That City Council approve proposed Ordinance No. 15-22 on first reading:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11-2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA; AMENDING SECTION 11-2-50, PROVIDING TIME LIMITS AND RATES FOR PARKING IN METERED SPACES; FINES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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HEARING REQUIRED: No Hearing Required
SUMMARY:
Currently the City parking rates are set at .50¢ per hour with the first 30 minutes being free. Private parking rates range from $1.50 - $10.00 per hour.
A review of parking within the City shows that 79% of City parking is free all of the time, 95% of City parking is free after 7 p.m. and 100% of parking is free on Sunday’s and National Holidays.
The city’s parking inventory shows On-Street -- +/- 4,500 spaces, Off-Street -- +/- 3,000 spaces and paid parking -- +/- 1, 600 spaces, with 9 city lots and 1 city garage. While the private parking inventory shows Private spaces -- +/- 14,600 spaces with 16 Private/Public paid lots and 1 Private/Public paid garage.
According to the 2019 Global Parking Index, the Nation Average Parking rates for 2-hr off street parking are:
United States -- $9.68
Ecuador - $1.69
South Africa - $1.69
Lithuania -$1.54
India - .18¢
In 2018 Dr. Donald Shoup, a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA made a presentation at Civicon. Dr. Shoup’s research has focused on parking, transportation, public finance and land economics. During the presentation Dr. Shoup outlined a top 3 priorities:
1. Charge the Right Price for Curb Parking
2. Establish Parking Revenue Benefits
3. Reduce or Remove off-street parking requirements.
One of the recommendations made was to adjust the hourly parking rate to .75¢ - $1.00 per hour.
A rate comparison to other communities can be found within the attached presentation.
This item seeks to raise the parking rate from .50¢ per hour to $1.00 per hour.
PRIOR ACTION:
April 11, 1985 - City Council set the parking rate at .10¢ per hour via Ordinance No. 11-85
August 17, 2000 - City Council raised the parking rate to .25¢ per hour via Ordinance No. 34-00
September 24, 2020 - City Council raised the parking rate to .50¢ per hour via Ordinance No. 31-20
FUNDING:
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FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Additional revenue based on increase parking fees.
STAFF CONTACT:
Don Kraher, Council Executive
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Proposed Ordinance No. 15-22
2) Parking Presentation
PRESENTATION: No