Putting the City Council on Notice - Petition to Establish a Resident Only Parking Permit Program

By Clayton Watch

Dear Mayor Wan, City Council, and Staff,

As many of you may know, we have been active in city politics for over 38 years. We have been a part of several citizen/community groups making citizens aware and providing input to the city council regarding land use plans and decisions, along with other essential city matters.

It has always been our goal, as well as many other town residents, to ensure we preserve Clayton's open, rural, small-town character. We have always urged our city council and have entrusted them to make sure any development that comes to town is done without negatively affecting the city, the citizens, and our quality of life, but many of us now feel that trust has been betrayed.

We are writing to you today because “The Olivia on Marsh Creek” project will significantly affect the citizens and businesses in the surrounding areas due to the lack of sufficient parking to serve the size of the approved development.

After reading reports from the Planning Commission and City Council, it is apparent that the parking study was over ten years old, and the parking study submitted by the developer was solely based on the project being a senior 55+ community. This needs to be corrected to more accurately represent how the apartments will be marketed because there is no age restriction on these units, which will affect how many cars each unit will generate.

Since the City of Clayton (Planning Commission and City Council) has acknowledged and recognized that available parking for a high-density residential development of this size is insufficient and the resulting spillover parking would significantly impact the surrounding residential and business properties, we are respectfully requesting that immediate action be taken to correct this problem before it materializes to an out of control situation.

Approving 81 units with less than 90 on-site parking spaces and ignoring our parking laws and ordinances is not only irrational - but also irresponsible. Therefore, because the parking impact was not properly mitigated due to Density Bonus Laws and other factors, we are respectfully presenting to you today a petition to establish a resident-only parking permit program, which includes Stranahan, Diablo Village, Upper Easley Estates, Lower Easley Estates, Center Street and parts of the downtown. (See attached documents.)

If you would like to discuss this matter or have any questions, please get in touch with us at a suitable time, as we would like the City Council to be proactive now rather than reactive later.

Looking forward to seeing this matter on the next available agenda in February.

Best regards,

Gary Hood
Clayton Watch

Bill Walcutt
Clayton Watch

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