HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2024-074 Resolution extending the moratorium regarding parking violations within the downtown area of the City of Yakima RESOLUTION NO. R-2024-074
A RESOLUTION extending the moratorium regarding parking violations within the downtown
area of the City of Yakima.
WHEREAS, on December 12, 2023, the Council unanimously voted to place a moratorium
on parking enforcement for the following sixty (60) days in the downtown; and
WHEREAS, on January 23, 2024, the Council held a study session and took comment
from the public regarding downtown parking; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has heard public comment at study sessions and business
meetings since January 23, 2024; and
WHEREAS, City staff held a public meeting to further discuss options and concerns with
downtown business owners, employees and stakeholders; and
WHEREAS, the City Council passed by ordinance amendments to the downtown parking
regulations, including amendments to the long-term permit regulations and the fine for parking
violations, on April 16, 2024, which will go into effect 30 days after publication; and
WHEREAS, the moratorium on parking enforcement downtown is set to expire on April
19, 2024, which would create an approximately 30 day period where the new parking regulations
would not be in effect; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to avoid confusion and move forward on this issue in
a consistent manner, necessitating an extension of the moratorium to end on May 31, 2024, after
the effective date of the new parking regulations passed on April 16, 2024 at and at the beginning
of a month so that parking permits can be efficiently sold and issued; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima finds that it is in the best interest of the
City and its residents, as well as downtown business owners and those visiting downtown, to
continue the parking enforcement moratorium with regards to regulations being changed in the
upcoming ordinance, as outlined below; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
1. There is hereby a moratorium on enforcing the time limits regarding city-owned parking
lots found in Yakima Municipal Code section 9.50.065: Parking Time Limits and
Yakima Municipal Code section 9.50.220: Long-term Parking Permits, within
downtown Yakima.
2. For purposes of this moratorium, downtown Yakima has the same meaning and
boundaries as the Central Business District zone in the Yakima Urban Area Zoning
Ordinance.
3. This moratorium shall expire at 11:59 p.m. on May 31, 2024.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 16th day of April, 2024.
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Patricia Byers, Mayor
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