2020-39A - Extend Curbside Express Parking

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Referred to Public Safety 5/3/21 Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, RESOLUTION NO. 2020-39A BY: Of Malley, Rader, Shachner A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, to amend Resolution 2020-39, adopted August 3, 2020 in order to extend the curbside express parking program. WHEREAS, Council authorized a curbside express parking program in August 2020 in response to the disruption of normal business practices caused by the COVID- 19 pandemic; and, WHEREAS, the express parking program is set to expire upon the ending of the COVID- 19 pandemic; and, WHEREAS, the impact of the pandemic on people's behaviors and expectations of retailers may be long-lasting; and, VvTFMREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that Lakewood retailers need consistency and predictability while it remains unknown when the pandemic will come to a true end; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. That Resolution 2020-39, adoptedAugust 3,2020, cuaenflyreading as follows: Section 1. The Director of Public Safety, upon consultation with the Police Chief, Fire Chief, Public Works Director, and Planning & Development Director, is authorized and directed to designate express parking spaces under the following circumstances: 1. In support of businesses located along a commercial corridor with no access to or use of a private parking lot, or those for which the use of a private parking lot would impart reasonable difficulty or an undue safety risk to the employees in the operation of the private express parking space. 2. All designated express parking spaces will be established for the benefit of multiple businesses, not a single business. 3. Express parking is limited to one public parking space within the block (i.e., one space on each side of the street between cross street intersections). The Director of Public Safety shall have the discretion to designate additional express parking spaces where there is need based on actual use of the existing designated express parking space. 4. Designation of express parking will be valid through the duration of the COVIID-19 public health emergency as ordered by the State of Ohio. 5. The Director of Public Safety shall have discretion in the administration of this Resolution to balance the benefit to Lakewood businesses while ensuring parking is safe and readily available for use by the general public. Section 2....