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Supervisors approve contractor parking-plan requirement for long construction projects
Summary
The board advanced an ordinance to require contractor parking plans for major construction work lasting 30 calendar days or longer; sponsors said the measure aims to reduce neighborhood parking loss and increase transparency.
The Board of Supervisors on Sept. 8 advanced an ordinance requiring contractors to submit a contractor parking plan as a condition of approval for excavation and major construction permits that occupy more than one on-street parking space for 30 consecutive calendar days or longer.
Sponsor remarks and purpose Supervisor Collin, who introduced the item, thanked Supervisors Christensen and Farrell and city agencies including the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) and the Department of Public Works (DPW) for collaborating on the ordinance and its application forms.
"By requiring the development of a contractor parking plan for these larger projects, the neighbors can hold contractors accountable," Collin said in the chamber (transcript).
Supervisor Mark Farrell, a co-sponsor, outlined key elements and the rationale: "With over 250 permits obtained per week and close to 13,000 issued on a yearly basis in the city, I do believe we can be more proactive in letting our residents know about the impacts that are going to be happening to them in their neighborhoods." Farrell described components that will be required in the plan, including the number of parking spaces and rationale, anticipated average number of employees onsite per day, project timeline and phasing, a midproject update requirement, consideration of off-site parking, and a proposal to return unused on-street spaces to public use after 4 p.m. each day if they are not occupied by construction activities.
The ordinance also includes fees for review and inspection to support enforcement, and in committee staff added additional zoning districts to mitigate impacts in Production, Distribution and Repair (PDR) and neighborhood commercial districts.
Board action Without objection the ordinance passed unanimously on first reading.
What the ordinance would do (as described in the meeting) - Make submission of a contractor parking plan a prerequisite to receiving temporary street-space occupancy permits when the request exceeds one parking space for three or more months. - Require plans to be publicly available (DPW website) and to include specific elements listed above. - Return permitted on-street parking spaces that are not used by 4 p.m. to the public for use. - Authorize fees for review and enforcement.
Clarifying details from the meeting - Sponsor-provided figures: "over 250 permits obtained per week and close to 13,000 issued on a yearly basis in the city" (Supervisor Farrell). - The ordinance as introduced was presented as balancing facilitation of construction with neighborhood protections; sponsors described it as increasing transparency and accountability for contractors.
Provenance topicintro: "Item 8 is an ordinance to amend the Public Works code to require a contractor parking plan as a condition for approval of excavation permits for major work that is 30 consecutive calendar days or longer..." (transcript excerpt) topfinish: "Without objection, item the ordinance passes unanimously on the first reading." (transcript excerpt)
