A. In conformity with the standards and policies of the city council, the city engineer is authorized to establish and remove restricted parking zones when, in the city engineer’s professional judgment, a restricted parking zone will reduce or eliminate a parking problem and the public interest will be served. The city engineer shall report to the mayor and city council any such changes to parking zones.

B. Restricted parking zones may reserve on-street parking for the exclusive use of abutting properties and/or residents in a prescribed vicinity; vehicles used by their visitors; and service vehicles of persons having business in the street. They may also reserve on-street parking only during certain posted hours, allowing unrestricted parking at all other times.

C. Application for parking permits shall be made on a form provided by the city of Auburn. Proof of residency of the owner or lessee of a vehicle must be presented when applying for a permit within the designated residential parking zone (RPZ). The address of vehicle registration and driver’s license must coincide with the residential address of the person requesting a permit.

D. The city shall issue permits or other means of identification, maintain lists of vehicles used by residents, or adopt any other reasonable means of distinguishing vehicles that may validly be parked in any restricted parking zone from other vehicles. Restricted parking zones shall be appropriately signed and/or marked. Any vandalism or destruction of parking control signs shall not affect the validity of a restriction upon parking on any street segment designated by the city engineer if other signs or traffic control devices give notice that parking in the street segment is restricted. (Ord. 6532 § 10, 2014; Ord. 6267 § 1, 2009.)