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determine whether, on each day of the survey: (i) at least seventy-five (75) percent of the total number of • on -street parking spaces in the proposed restricted parking area are occupied, and (ii) whether at least fifty (50) percent of those occupied spaces are occupied by commuter vehicles. (1) Prior to commencing any on -street parking survey for a proposed restricted parking area, the traffic engineer shall determine the total number of on -street parking spaces for the area in question. The traffic engineer shall determine the total number of on -street parking spaces by dividing the total length (linear footage) of the block by twenty-two (22) feet. The resulting number determined by the traffic engineer shall be utilized in conducting the on -street parking survey. (2) Upon request, the owner or resident(s) of an affected household within a proposed restricted parking area (or, in the case of a multi -family dwelling, the owner or resident manager/agent) shall provide the city traffic engineer with a list of the license plate number(s) of each vehicle owned by a resident of such affected household, whether or not such household joined in a petition. In the case of a multi -family dwelling, the owner or resident manager/agent shall provide the city traffic engineer with the required list of the license plate number(s) of each vehicle owned by a resident of such multi -family dwelling; however, in the event information provided to the traffic engineer is inaccurate or incomplete, a survey which is otherwise correctly performed shall not be invalidated due to a resulting count of any such residents' vehicles as commuter vehicles. • (3) Upon receipt of confirmation that an on -street parking survey shows that the on -street parking spaces meet both, the seventy-five (75)percent_and fifty (50) percent occupancy tests described above, then once per calendar year, between May -4 and June 30,;the city manager shall certify this fact to the city council along with any recommendation he may have to whether council should implement restricted parking in the proposed restricted parking area, and a date shall be set between May 1 ;and Jufic 30 for council consideration of the proposed restricted parking area. (c) Prior to the date set for council consideration of a proposed restricted parking area, the city's traffic engineer shall provide written notice to a non-resident owner, and to at least one resident of each of the affected hpuseholds within the proposed restricted parking area. Each required notice shall be either hand -delivered or mailed, first-class, postage pre -paid, no fewer than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date set for council consideration. The traffic engineer shall make affidavit that the required notices have each been.delivered or mailed in accordance with this section, and such affidavit shall be maintained on file in the department of neighborhood development services, together with the on -street parking survey for the proposed restricted area and other relevant papers. The notice shall provide residents of the affected households with information concerning the nature of the proposal, shall identify the date on which council will consider the proposed restricted parking area, and shall invite comments and attendance by concerned residents of the proposed restricted parking area. The notices required by this section are intended for informational purposes only; failure of the traffic engineer to give the above described written notice or make affidavit thereof or to file the same shall not invalidate a restricted parking area established by council. • Page 4 of 14