Caldwell Public SafetyParking Initiatives

MARCH 6, 2012

WHY MAKE THE CHANGES?

• THERE ARE DESCREPENCIES, MISSING CONTENT AND OUTDATED WORDING IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.

• METER ZONES DON’T HAVE METERS.

• OUT OF TOWN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES TAKING UP PERMIT SPOTS.

• COMMUTERS PARKING ALL DAY IN SPOTS.

• NON RESIDENTS PARKING IN PERMIT SPOTS.

• MERCHANT COMPLAINTS ABOUT LACK OF PARKING.

• APARTMENT TENANTS NEED EXTRA PARKING SPACES.

• POLICE UNABLE TO ENFORCE DUE TO CONFUSING LAWS.

PARKING LOT LEASE COSTS

Type of Lease Location of lot 2011 Payment

Perpetual Portion of Cook's Lane $2,884.33

Exp. 9-20-2018 Portion of Gould Pl. $1,450.75

Perpetual Portion of Cook's Lane $2,363.54

99 Years Exp. 2084 Portion of Cooks' Lane $5,532.15

99 Years Exp. 2087 Portion of Parson's lot $1,631.53

Perpetual portion of Cook's Parking Lot $3,734.67

Month to Month Valley National Bank $14,968.54

Month to Month Hanford Pl. $3,047.45

Month to Month Portion of Hanford Pl $2,380.82

$37,993.78

AVAILABLE PARKING LOT SPOTS

Lot Permit Non Permit Total

Firehouse 45 39 84

Hanford 26 35 61

Kaplan 40 83 123

Parsons 34 43 77

Smull 0 89 89

Cooks 0 41 41

Totals 145 330 475

2011 PERMITS PURCHASED    Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Grand Total

DAY Firehouse 28 27 26 45 126

  Hanford 8 12 8 16 44

  Kaplan 28 34 28  44 134

  Parsons 5 6 5 10 26

  Smull 20 18 16 18 72

  Day Total 89 97 83 133 402

           

NIGHT Cooks 8 12 11 14 45

  Firehouse 34 37 43 62 176

  Hanford 17 21 23 26 87

  Kaplan 33 48 34 50 165

  Parsons 7 6 7 8 28

  Smull 7 6 5 6 24

  Night Total 106 130 123 166 525

  Grand Total 195 227 206 299 927

PERMIT BY TYPE (ANNUALLY)

DAY Residents Employee CommuterFirehouse 101 14 11Hanford 30 13 1Kaplan 52 82 0Parsons N/A N/A N/A

Smull 72 0 0Cooks 0 0 0

NIGHT Residents Employee Commuter

Firehouse 160 10 6Hanford 77 10 0Kaplan 143 22 0Parsons N/A N/A N/A

Smull 24 0 0Cooks 43 2 0

PROPOSED CHANGES

PARKING PERMITS

Parking permits will only be issued to Caldwell residents or employees of businesses that are located in Caldwell.

•An employee permit will be available for purchase at a rate of $45 per quarter. This is a 50% reduction of current cost. These permits will only be valid in the Smull Ave parking lot.

•Commuter permits will be available at the current rate of $90 per quarter. These permits will only be valid in the Smull Ave parking lot.

•Parking permits will be lot specific. You can no longer purchase a permit that will allow you to park in every lot.

•In addition to free parking spaces, all lots, with the exception of Smull, will only have residential parking permit spots available.

•Daytime permits (8am to 6pm) and Nighttime permits (6pm to 8am) will still be available.

•All vehicles must fit in a single space with a maximum weight of 10,000 lbs.

PARKING LOTS

3 HOUR PARKING LOT MAXIMUM WITHOUT PERMIT

Hanford Lot (Cloverleaf) – 26 permit spots/61 totalReduce number of permit spots during the day to 8

Kaplan Lot (Jack’s) – 40 permit spots/123 totalReduce number of daytime permit spots to 15

Fire House Lot – 45 permit/84 totalReduce number of daytime permits to 25

Caldwell community center upper lot – 98 spotsBorough employees allowed to park but must have borough employee parking sticker

PARKING LOTS

3 HOUR PARKING LOT MAXIMUM WITHOUT PERMIT

Smull Lot – 89 parking spotsThis lot will be designated for employee and commuter parking permits. Non permit holders can park here as well

Parsons Lot (Caldwell diner) – 34 permit/77 totalReduce number of permit spots to 10.

Cooks lot (behind Stephanies restaurant ) – 41 nighttime permit spots/ 41 totalDesignate 10 resident overnight parking spotsRemove nighttime parking permit required for other spots

ON STREET OVERNIGHT PARKING

Designated streets would be portions of:

Elm Road Academy Road Arlington Ave

Westover Ave Parkway East/West Prospect Street

Washburn Place Espy Road

•Permits will only be issued for residents that live on the street or for apartment tenants that are adjacent to these streets.

•Permit cost for overnight on street parking will be $5 per day or $25/month or $75 per quarter.

•3 hour parking will be enforced on all of the streets during the rest of the day.

•No parking will be allowed when roads are covered with snow.

•CALLING IN FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING TO POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED UNLESS THERE IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

PARKING METERS UPDATEMeter fee $.50 per hour - no minimum, nickels, dimes, quarters accepted

Name of Street Side Location Current

Spaces ACTION PLAN / SUGGESTED

Academy Road North From Bloomfield Avenue to Prospect Street 27

No ordinance change required.Install new meters / Provide decals to school.

Forest Avenue East From Bloomfield Avenue to Kirkwood Street. 9 Install meters in designated spaces.Location description revised.

Hanford Place Both From Bloomfield Avenue to Whitfield Street 29 Install meters in designated spaces.No ordinance change required.

Park Avenue East From Ward Place to a point 228 feet north of the north curb of Bloomfield Avenue 17 Install new meters in designated

spaces.

Roseland Avenue West From a point 445.0 feet from the south side of Bloomfield

Avenue to Oak Grove Road. 5 Remove Parking Meter Zone.

Smull Avenue East From Bloomfield Avenue to a point 800 feet north of the north side of Bloomfield Avenue 15

Install new meters in designated spaces.Potential to add (4) new meters per ordinance.

Washburn Place West Between Bloomfield Avenue and Westville Avenue 5 Install meters in designated spaces.

No ordinance change required.

TOTALS: 107

TIMELINES

• PARKING METERS WILL BE INSTALLED DURING THE NEXT 60 DAYS.

• ALL SIGNAGE WILL BE INSTALLED AND UPDATED DURING THE NEXT 60 DAYS.

• ALL STRIPING WILL BE FINISHED IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS.

• NEW METER FEES WILL BE IN EFFECT APRIL 1.

• NEW PERMITS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN JUNE.

• NEW PARKING ORDINANCE WILL GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1.