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Parking
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SLO
Parking Guide
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Program Description
The parking program implements the Parking Management Plan and directs the operation and
maintenance of the City’s parking facilities. These facilities include 13 parking
lots in the downtown and at Railroad Square, two parking garages, eight
residential parking permit districts and about 1,600
parking meters in parking lots, on streets in the downtown retail core, and on streets in
neighborhoods at the periphery of downtown.
Program goals are:
- to provide adequate, safe, and
attractive parking for visitors, customers and employees in the downtown and Railroad
Square
- adequate neighborhood parking for
residents
- and recovery of all program
costs through user charges and other program revenue
The Parking Program has four major
activities:
- Enforcement
Patrolling streets, parking lots, parking garages, and permit districts; issuing
citations; arranging for towing the vehicles of habitual parking offenders; recommending
the installation of regulatory signs and curb markings.
- Revenue Management
Collecting fines, parking meter revenue, and parking fees and
leases; collecting delinquent fines; recommending parking fee and fine
adjustments; modifying meters for rate adjustments; selling parking
permits, bus passes, and meter cash keys.
- Maintenance
Maintaining and repairing parking meters and meter posts; performing janitorial
maintenance in the parking garages and parking offices; sweeping and cleaning parking
lots; sweeping and scrubbing parking garage floors.
- Garage Operations
Collecting parking garage fees, providing security surveillance, maintaining customer
service equipment.
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