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parking areas, listed by blocks, the zone number of each; and a list, by street address, of affected • households included in each restricted parking area, specifying the number of off-street parking spaces attributable to each such household (if an affected household has no off-street parking spaces, the list shall specify a "zero"). With respect to affected households identified as multi -family dwellings, the list provided to the treasurer shall specify the number of parking spaces by which the multi -family dwelling falls short of the city's current minimum off-street parking requirements for new construction. Sec. 15-203.1. Removal of restricted parking blocks. (a) The director of neighborhood development services shall, during the period; from March 1 through, Apr( -30 -each calendar year, cause an on -street parking survey to be conducted, to determine whether parking restrictions should be discontinued with respect to one or more blocks within a restricted parking area: (i) upon the recommendation of the city's traffic engineer, with the concurrence of the city manager, (ii) upon receipt of a petition, on a form supplied by the city, which petition is signed by at least fifty (50) percent of the affected households or businesses situated along block(s) in question. Any such petition shall include the information specified within city code section 15-203(a)(1). (b) Once initiated by the director of neighborhood development services pursuant to this section, the on -street parking survey shall consist of counts taken and information gathered on at least three separate days, during restricted parking hours. The survey shall seek to determine whether, on each day of the survey: (i) fifty (50) percent or more of the total number of on -street parking spaces along the block(s) in question are unoccupied; and (ii) whether the use of property adjacent thereto remains primarily (fifty . (50) percent or more) residential. The results of such parking survey shall be transmitted to the traffic engineer for review. (1) Prior to commencing any on -street parking survey, the traffic engineer shall determine the total number of on -street parking spaces for the block(s) 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 the number utilized in conducting the on -street parking survey. (2) Upon request, the owner or resident(s) of an affected household within a 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. (3) Upon receipt of confirmation that an on -street parking survey shows that fewer than fifty (50) percent of the total number of on -street parking spaces on one or more blocks within a restricted parking area are occupied, and/or (ii) that the use of property adjacent to one or. more blocks _ within a restricted, parking area is less than fifty (50) percent residential, then; once net calendar year, between May l and June_ 30 the city manager shall certify this fact to the city council along with any recommendation he or the traffic engineer may have as to whether council should remove parking restrictions with respect to the restricted parking area or block(s) in question, and 0 Page 6 of 14