The Mayor may establish Performance Parking Zones for the purpose of managing curbside parking and reducing congestion citywide. The Mayor shall establish zone-specific parking management targets, and implement regulations, to achieve the following goals: Protect resident parking in residential zones; Facilitate regular parking turnover in busy commercial areas; Promote the use of non-auto transportation; and Decrease vehicular congestion within each zone. The Mayor may designate residential permit parking zones on currently undesignated residential blocks. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the Mayor may employ the following to achieve the goals and targets established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section: Set or adjust curbside parking fees; Set or adjust the days and hours during which curbside parking fees apply; Adjust parking fines, as needed, to dissuade illegal parking; and Exempt vehicles displaying valid, in-zone residential permit parking stickers from meter payment, as needed. When changing curbside parking fees, the Mayor shall: Monitor curbside parking availability rates on commercial streets to establish a need for any fee increase; Except for fees in loading zones, not increase any fee by more than $0.50 in any one-month period, or more than once per month; provided, that the Mayor may increase fees in performance parking zones by a maximum of $1.50 in a 3-month period, in any increment or time period, up to a maximum hourly rate of $8.00 per hour; and Except for fees in loading zones, provide notice to the affected Ward Councilmember and Advisory Neighborhood Commission (“ANC”) of any changes in curbside parking fees at least 10 days before implementation. Curbside signage, meter decals, and electronic displays shall provide sufficient notice of changes to restrictions. The Mayor shall designate a project manager who will serve as the main point of contact for the public on matters related to each performance parking zone. The Mayor shall publish a public web site that includes the following: performance parking zone boundaries, rules or regulations, information about how to use new parking fee technologies, and a project manager’s name and contact information. Repealed.
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