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(d) In considering a proposed restricted parking area, council shall consider all information it deems
<br />• relevant to the proposal, including, without limitation, and any recommendations provided by the traffic
<br />engineer, the director of neighborhood development services, the city manager, or other individuals.
<br />Council shall also consider the following:
<br />(1) the purposes and intent of this division;
<br />(2) the alternate means of transportation, if any, to and from the restricted parking area being
<br />established,
<br />(3) the impact, if any, that establishment of a restricted parking area may have on nearby
<br />neighborhoods or blocks that do not have permit parking, and
<br />(4) the impact, if any, that a restricted parking area may have on persons who do not reside
<br />within that area and their ability to find parking near their place of work;
<br />(5) the hours, if any, during which the proposed restricted parking area block is affected by
<br />commuter vehicles;
<br />Council may approve or deny the proposed restricted parking area as submitted, or it may approve or
<br />deny permit parking for any one or more blocks within the proposed restricted parking area.
<br />(e) Upon determining that a restricted parking area should be established, the city council shall, by
<br />resolution, approve and designate the restricted parking area and shall designate the days and hours
<br />during which parking shall be restricted, if different than those listed within section 15-208 of this
<br />division. The traffic engineer shall promptly notify the city treasurer of the new designation, and such
<br />designation shall take effect no sooner than forty-five (45) calendar days following adoption of the
<br />resolution. Prior to the effective date of the restrictions, the traffic engineer shall promptly cause signs to
<br />• be posted identifying the existence, effect, restricted hours and other limits of the restricted parking area.
<br />(1) In the event that council acts, by resolution, to approve and designate a restricted parking area, then
<br />the traffic engineer shall mail written notice, first class, postage pre -paid, to the affected households,
<br />giving residents of those households of the effective date and times at which parking will become
<br />restricted and information as to how the affected households may obtain permits. The traffic engineer
<br />shall also mail written notice of the council action, including the effective date and times at which
<br />parking will become restricted, to representatives of all nonresidential properties located within the
<br />restricted parking area. permit parking restrictions, where and when established, shall be applicable only
<br />to residential frontage, but not to frontage allocable to commercial, public or special (non-residential)
<br />uses. Such exempt areas shall, to the extent necessary and practical, be marked with signs or by other
<br />means, such as parking meters, marked loading zones, or other restrictions, consistent with current city
<br />policies and laws.
<br />(g) In the event that council declines to approve and designate a proposed restricted parking area, then
<br />the city shall not accept or reconsider any subsequent petition(s) which include any one or more blocks
<br />within such area, until a period of one year has elapsed from the date of the meeting at which council
<br />declined to designate such area a restricted parking area.
<br />(h) Not less than Once per year, prior to the commencement of a new permit year, the city traffic
<br />engineer shall furnish the city treasurer with a report of the following information: a list of restricted
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