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council for on -street parking. Vehicle shall, for the purposes of this division, mean a motor vehicle_(i.e., a vehicle which is self-propelled or designed for self -propulsion) , on or by which a person or property_is or may be . transported on a highway. For the purposes of this division; no trailer or semitrailer, as those terms are defined within Virginia Code section 46,2-100, shall be considered'a vehicled'or which any permit may be issued, nor shall any trailer or semitrailer be considered apart of any motor vehicle, Sec. 15-203. Establishing restricted parkipg blocks. Restricted parking areas may be established by city"council in accordance with the following procedure: (a) Oncepi ryear the city council will consider.proposed restricted parking'areas; The director of neighborhood development services shall, during the,period,from March;l through April 30 each ac calendar year, cause an on -street parking survey to be conducted for a proposed restricted parking area: (i) upon the recommendation of the city's traffic engineer, with the concurrence of the city manager, or (ii) upon receipt of a petition, on a form supplied by the city, which petition is signed by one representative (an owner or resident) of at least seventy-five (75) percent of the affected households within the proposed restricted parking area. (1) Each year petitions shall be submitted_ to the department of neighborhood development services, between I41ay 1 and the last day of February_of the succeeding calendar year 'and shall include (i) the legible name, address, telephone number and dated signature of each petitioning • resident, one (1) signature per address, and a list of the license plate numbers for each vehicle registered to any person(s) residing at each address; and (ii) a list, by street address, of each of the affected households within the proposed restricted parking block, whether or not a member of such households has signed the petition. With respect to a multi -family dwelling, only the owner or a resident manager/agent of the owner shall be eligible to sign the petition. All such petitions received from members of affected households of a proposed restricted parking block shall be advisory in nature, and defects in such petition, if any exist or are alleged, shall not be grounds for invalidating any restricted parking block that may subsequently be established by city council. (2) If a proposed restricted parking area, or any block(s) therein, has been the subject of consideration by council pursuant to section 15-203(d), below, within the past year, then the city shall not be required to re -survey any such area or block, or to act on any petition received that includes that proposed restricted parking area or any block(s) therein, unless the traffic engineer, with the concurrence of the city manager, determines that conditions have substantially changed since the date of consideration by council. Any petitions received during such one-year period, or which contain signatures dated within such one-year period, shall be rejected and returned to the applicant, except where there has been a determination by the city's traffic engineer of a substantial change of condition. (b) Each on -street parking survey shall consist of counts taken and information gathered on at least three separate days, at time(s) during the hours for which restricted parking is sought. The survey shall seek to 0 Page 3 of 14