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• 30% did not respond to the notice or did not sign the petition. (1 out of town; 2 known absentee) Some alternatives for residential permit parking designation: #1 Post the two areas within the street length that petitioned for permit parking. # 2 Post the entire westside of the street and the eastside of Tatum north of 1844 Tatum Street and South of 1794 Tatum Street. # 3 Post both sides of the street, north of 1728 and 1733 (The area to the south of 1728 and 1733 was previously 2 hour parking, M-F, 8 AM - 4 PM prior to December, 1994.) #4 Post both sides of the entire street where 2 hour parking is posted. Staff recommendation. . To make residential permit parking understandable and defensible for enforcement purposes, the designation should be as consistent along the street as possible. Therefore, staff recommends posting the entire length of the street on both sides (#4) for residential permit parking, where there is currently 2 hour parking, M - F 8 AM to 4 PM, for the following reasons: • There is a demonstrated need and interest in permit parking by more than a majority of the property owners along the street. As of this writing, 61 % of property owners went to the effort of recording their interest in the permit. • Parking signs typically say "except by permit" under the two hour, M - F, 8 AM to 4 PM. It would be easiest if all the signs read the same for enforcement and ease of understanding. • The city's experience with residential permit parking demonstrates that it does not create alot of vehicles in the street for extended periods of time (7 households out of 102 use it in the Grove). Therefore, it is unlikely that residential permit parking will be used except by households that require a vehicle in the street parked by their home. When parking was unrestricted on the majority of Tatum Street (north of 1781 and 1786), there was very little on-street parking from residents along the • 5