TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Sheryl L. Bratton, County Counsel
REPORT BY: Jason M. Dooley, Chief Deputy County Counsel
SUBJECT: Adoption of an Ordinance amending Chapter 10.12, County Parking Lots
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt an Ordinance amending Chapter 10.12 (County Parking Lots) of the Napa County Code related to electric vehicle parking stalls and enforcement of parking regulations. (No Fiscal Impact; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
The County Code sections related to County-owned and operated parking lots were last amended by Ordinance in 2019. The Ordinance includes provisions and enforcement authority for all County-owned and operated parking lots, including the 5th Street Parking Garage, and delegates to the Director of Public Works the authority to make temporary modifications to use the lots for special events that may impact County lots (e.g., County sponsored fairs held in the Administration Parking Lot, Bottlerock, La Onda.) It further restricts use of electrical vehicle charging station parking stalls to use by electric vehicles that are actively charging their battery.
The proposed amendment authorizes the Director of Public Works or the director's designee, under Section 10.12.050 (Electric Vehicle Charging Station Parking Stalls), to provide an exception to the requirement that electric vehicle charging stalls be used exclusively by electric vehicles that are actively charging. This amendment is proposed in recognition that the public parking lot constructed at the replacement jail was built with 32 public parking stalls, of which only 11 are standard parking stalls. Without providing an exception to authorize vehicles other than electric vehicles to park in electric vehicle charging stalls, it is anticipated there would be insufficient parking for the public at the replacement jail site. While it's not anticipated that use of this authority would be frequent, there are circumstances when such authority may be needed to provide sufficient...
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