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Council committee forwards revised temporary resident-parking ordinance to full council
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Summary
The Committee of the Whole voted to discharge an earlier file and refer Amendment 139 — which replaces references to 'October' with a Sept. 15–Nov. 1 temporary resident-parking window and adds 13 Hawthorne Blvd — to the full Salem City Council for second and final passage.
The Committee of the Whole on April 6 advanced a city transportation proposal to change the city's temporary resident-parking window from "October" to a defined Sept. 15–Nov. 1 period and to incorporate a handful of technical edits, including adding 13 Hawthorne Boulevard to the list of eligible addresses.
David Kucharski, the City of Salem transportation director, told the committee he worked with the Transportation Commission on a redlined version (Amendment 139) that removes the word "October" and sets the temporary resident-parking period to Sept. 15 through Nov. 1. Kucharski said the roof (garage rooftop) permit language was not extended beyond October in the staff proposal and that the Planning Board recommendation required the additional Hawthorne Boulevard address.
Kucharski said the department moved to a license-plate-based system to improve enforcement and administrative efficiency but noted the rooftop use remained limited because the department did not see sufficient sustained demand to justify changing that part of the ordinance. "We did not change the time frame for the roof parking," Kucharski said, and described limits the department set on rooftop permits.
Committee members pressed staff on operational details, including how the city signs zones, how year-round resident permits interact with temporary (October/fall) zones, and how the city notifies residents. Kucharski said the city currently designates about 108 streets for resident-permit parking, representing roughly 3,120 dwelling units (about 14% of the city's ~22,000 dwelling units) and that the department is working to expand automated notices and signage timing.
The committee recorded a motion to discharge an overlapping earlier file (Ordinance 466) and then voted to refer Amendment 139 to the full council with a recommendation for second and final passage; the chair recorded "four hands plus my own" in favor during the committee vote. No amendments were added at the committee level.
The amendment will appear before the full Salem City Council for second and final passage on the council's upcoming agenda.
