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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

(4)   THE IMPACT OF MAJOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND
PROGRAMS ON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE
RESIDENTS OF THE AREA AND ANY UNREASONABLE BURDENS PLACED
ON THOSE RESIDENTS IN SECURING ADEQUATE ON-STREET PARKING
AND GAINING ACCESS TO THEIR PLACES OF RESIDENCE BY VIRTUE
OF SUCH FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS.

(5)    THE LIKELIHOOD OF ALLEVIATING, BY USE OF
A PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM, ANY PROBLEM OF NON-AVAILABILITY
OF RESIDENTIAL PARKING SPACES.

(6)    THE DESIRE OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA
FOR THE INSTITUTION OF A PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM.

(7) THE FACT THAT THE RESIDENTS OF A
CONTEMPLATED PARKING PERMIT AREA HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE
COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND/OR IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS AND
ROADS IN SUCH AREA EITHER BY THE DIRECT ASSESSMENT OF
COSTS OR INDIRECTLY TO THE EXTENT SUCH COSTS ARE
REFLECTED IN PURCHASE OR RENTAL PRICES PAID BY THOSE
RESIDENTS.

(8)   THE NEED FOR SOME PARKING SPACES TO BE
AVAILABLE IN THE AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR USE BY
VISITORS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

(9)    SUCH OTHER FACTORS AS THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE SHALL DEEM RELEVANT.

(D)   IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PARTICULAR AREA
OR LOCATION SHOULD BE DESIGNATED AS A PARKING PERMIT
AREA, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OR THE EXECUTIVE'S DESIGNEE
SHALL CONDUCT, PRIOR TO THE DESIGNATION OF A PARKING
PERMIT AREA, OR PRIOR TO THE WITHDRAWAL OF SUCH
DESIGNATION ONCE IT IS ESTABLISHED, A PUBLIC HEARING AT
WHICH TIME ANY INTERESTED PERSON SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
APPEAR AND BE HEARD. SUCH HEARING SHALL BE HELD ONLY
AFTER DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER OF
GENERAL CIRCULATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THE NOTICE
SHALL CLEARLY STATE THE PURPOSE OF THE HEARING, THE EXACT
LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PARKING PERMIT AREA UNDER
CONSIDERATION, AND THE REASONS WHY SUCH AREA IS BEING
PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF DESIGNATION AS
A PARKING PERMIT AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLISHED
NOTICE, A SIMILAR NOTIFICATION SHALL BE PROMINENTLY
POSTED WITHIN THE AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR
DESIGNATION AS A PARKING PERMIT AREA.

(E)   WITHIN 45 DAYS FOLLOWING THE CLOSE OF THE
PUBLIC HEARING, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SHALL DECIDE, BASED
ON THE RECORD OF THAT HEARING, WHETHER OR NOT TO
DESIGNATE THE AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION AS A PARKING
PERMIT AREA OR TO REMOVE THE DESIGNATION IN THE CASE OF
AN ESTABLISHED PARKING PERMIT AREA. THE TIME FOR