ORDINANCE No. 176833

*Amend the Lloyd District On-Street Parking Management Plan, and authorize the Portland

Office of Transportation to increase the long-term parking meter rate from 35 cents per hour to

50 cents per hour (Ordinance)

The City of Portland ordains:

Section 1. The Council finds:

1.  On May 21, 1997 the Council adopted the Lloyd Plan which established the boundaries, time limits, and meter rates for the on-street parking district. Objectives of the Lloyd Meter District included effectively managing parking supply to support adjacent land uses, preserving priority for on-street parking spaces, ensuring long-term parking spaces were used by district employees not commuters, and supporting district efforts to transition employee commute trips to a more diverse range of options (i.e.: transit, bike, walk, and rideshare).

2.  Since installation of parking meters in 1997 many of the 2-hour (short-term) meter locations have been underutilized which suggests that the meter time limits are not supportive of the adjacent land uses.

3.  The hourly rate at long-term meters ($0.35 per hour) has not changed since 1997. This rate has not kept pace with the rising cost of monthly transit passes over the same time period, and as a result, it is now less expensive to park all day at a 5-hour meter than to purchase a monthly transit pass.

4.  Establishing the long-term meter rate at $.50 per hour sets the monthly on-street parking rate at a level that continues to encourage the use of transit.

5.  That increasing the parking rate at long-term meters, coupled with improving the mix of 2 and 5-hour meters in the district, will result in continued improvements in transit use and better access to nearby land uses.  

NOW THEREFORE, the Council directs:

a.  The Bureau of Transportation System Management to establish meter rates at long-term meters in the Lloyd District at $0.50 per hour.

b.  The Bureau of Transportation System Management to change the mix of time limits, among 2 and 5-hour meters, to better support adjacent land uses.

Section 2. The Council declares an emergency exists because a delay in implementing changes to the meter rate and time limits will adversely impact objectives of the Lloyd Plan.

 GARY BLACKMER

Auditor of the City of Portland

By

 Passed by the Council  AUG 14 2002             /S/ Susan Parsons

Commissioner Jim Francesconi  Deputy

Ellis McCoy:ls

July 10, 2002

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BACKING SHEET INFORMATION

AGENDA NO. 1028-2002

ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION/COUNCIL DOCUMENT NO. 176833