City of Madison - File #: 12413

• File #: 12413
• Version: 2
• Name: alternate side parking repeal
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Filed
• File created: 10/21/2008
• In control: PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION (ended 6/2018)
• On agenda: 4/21/2009
• Final action: 4/21/2009
• Title: SUBSTITUTE - Amending Section 12.1335 of the Madison General Ordinances to strike alternate side parking regulations from November 15 through March 15 and subsection (2) "snow emergency zone"; amending Sec. 12.1335(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to create alternate side parking regulations during a declared snow emergency; repealing Secs. 12.1335(4)(c) and 12.1335(6) of the Madison General Ordinances and amending Sec. 1.08(3)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances to eliminate the bail deposit for Alternate Side Parking from November 15-March 15.
• Sponsors: Robbie Webber, Brian L. Solomon, Brenda K. Konkel, Eli B. Judge, Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Michael E. Verveer, Marsha A. Rummel

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/21/2009	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Place On File	Pass
4/14/2009	2	TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION (ended 06/2018)	Return to Lead with the Recommendation to Place on File	Pass
3/24/2009	2	PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION (ended 6/2018)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Fail
3/23/2009	2	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	Return to Lead with the Recommendation to Place on File	Pass
3/10/2009	2	PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE	Return to Lead with the Following Recommendation(s)	Pass
2/16/2009	2	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	Refer	Pass
2/10/2009	2	PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE	Re-refer
1/6/2009	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer
1/6/2009	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
11/6/2008	1	TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION (ended 06/2018)	Refer	Pass
10/29/2008	1	PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION (ended 6/2018)	Refer	Pass
10/28/2008	1	PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION (ended 6/2018)	Refer
10/28/2008	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Referred
10/21/2008	1	Attorney's Office/Approval Group	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
Currently, City Ordinances require that vehicles parked on many City streets be located during the late night/early morning hours on alternate sides of the street during the period of November 15 to March 15, subject to a parking violation and a $20 fine. The downtown area is exempt from the Alternate Side Parking requirements, except during a declared Snow Emergency. A recently enacted City Ordinance increases the fine for alternate side parking violations from $20 to $60 during a declared Snow Emergency. This Ordinance will eliminate the current requirements that require parking on alternate sides of the street from November 15 to March 15, and instead expands the Snow Emergency zone from downtown to Citywide, requiring alternate side parking throughout the City only during a declared Snow Emergency.

If enacted, the Ordinance will impact City General Fund revenues and the operations of several City agencies, as follows:

General Fund Revenues: Over the past five years, the City has issued, on average, 24,000 parking tickets annually to violators of the alternate side parking requirements. As such, it is anticipated that City General Fund revenues will decrease by approximately $400,000 to $500,000 annually due to the loss of alternate side parking ticket fines.

Potential Impacts on City Agency Operations:

a) Streets Division: Currently, during a declared Snow Emergency, the Streets Division initially concentrates resources to Snow Emergency Zones (currently, the downtown area) in order to complete plowing operations in six hours (corresponding to the parking restriction hours of 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.). A Citywide plowing operation is completed, on average, in 9.3 hours, according to the agency.

Under this Ordinance, the Streets agency has indicated that a Snow Emergency declaration applied Citywide in lieu of the current Alternate Side Parking program would require either that additional resources be provided such that the Division mi...