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Encinitas council orders major rewrite of permit-parking rules after Zone D review
Summary
After months of neighborhood complaints, the City Council directed staff to rewrite permit-parking rules for Zone D, setting new limits on permits, a 1-year expiration for residential passes, a higher residential fee and requirements for an automated, license-plate permit system.
The Encinitas City Council directed staff to overhaul the city's permit-parking rules for Permit Parking Zone D following a staff review and extensive public comment.
The council voted to give staff specific instructions to return with ordinance changes including removing a commercial-use finding from the code, adding a one-year expiration on residential permits, limiting the number of resident permits per dwelling by bedroom count, tightening guest-pass limits, and developing a license-plate-based digital permitting system. The motion also directed staff to investigate statutory exemptions for service and delivery vehicles, raise the residential permit fee to $25 per year, shorten guest-pass validity to 14 days while transitioning to digital daily passes later, explore a…
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