Baltimore City Council
File #: 08-0043R    Version: 0 Name: Program Request - RPP "Lite" Program
Type: City Council Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 5/5/2008 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 1/26/2009
Enactment #:
Title: Program Request - RPP "Lite" Program FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City Parking Authority to create and promote an RPP "Lite" program, where the restrictions would be for no more than one day of the week, and for no more than eight hours, and requesting that representatives from the Parking Authority inform the Baltimore City Council at a public hearing as to any issues involved in creating and promoting such a program.
Sponsors: Bill Henry, Rochelle Spector, Mary Pat Clarke, Robert Curran, Helen L. Holton
Indexes: Parking, Permits, Resolution
Attachments: 1. 08-0043R - 1st Reader.pdf, 2. Parking Authority - 08-0043R.pdf, 3. 08-0043R - Adopted.pdf
* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Henry


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Program Request - RPP "Lite" Program

FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City Parking Authority to create and promote an RPP "Lite" program, where the restrictions would be for no more than one day of the week, and for no more than eight hours, and requesting that representatives from the Parking Authority inform the Baltimore City Council at a public hearing as to any issues involved in creating and promoting such a program.
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WHEREAS, The Baltimore Residential Permit Parking (RPP) Program was begun in 1979 in an effort to address the specific needs of residents in City Neighborhoods where the demand for on-street parking was considered to be greatest; and

WHEREAS, Participating neighborhoods elect to do so through application by petition to the City of Baltimore through the Baltimore City Parking Authority; and

WHEREAS, Since its inception, the RPP Program has grown to include 36 designated RPP Areas in which parking is restricted to some degree to provide preferential parking privileges only to those residents and their guests who display valid Residential Parking Permits and Visitors' Passes on their vehicles; and

WHEREAS, Most of these areas are addressing parking problems for at least 12 hours a day, several days a week; and

WHEREAS, There are many neighborhood...

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