Rockville amends parking-permit rules to let some residents get permits for nearby streets; city manager given exception power

The Rockville Mayor and Council on Oct. 6 adopted an ordinance amending City Code §23-47 to expand eligibility for residential parking permits and to create a process by which the city manager may issue permits by exception for unforeseen circumstances.

The change responds to a narrow but recurring problem: some residents live on streets where on-street parking is prohibited and the nearest street is within a residential-permit district. Those residents and their visitors previously could not park on either street without breaking the law or obtaining a permit. Staff told the council that the proposed code language applies to roughly 100 properties citywide and identified clusters including about 64 homes near Redland Boulevard and a smaller number of addresses on nearby streets.

City staff from Public Works and Transportation presented the proposal and said it would not create new permit districts nor eliminate any existing…