Parking Permit Program - Map Legend and Concerns

Diablo Village (Gold) - Located directly across from the city bus stop, CVS, and fire station on Center Street, this residential housing development consisting of many homes that will surely experience spillover parking from the “The Olivia on Marsh Creek” project and will be negatively impacted due to its prime location and easy walking distance to downtown. The shortage of onsite parking spaces at the “Olivia” project and what to do about it has sparked the community to demand that the City of Clayton find an immediate solution. While one solution may be a parking permit program, another resolution is necessary to prevent this from happening again with future high-density projects.

Upper Easley Estates (Green) - Located directly behind the Stranahan housing development, on the eastside, residents of this housing development will surely experience spillover parking in their neighborhood from “The Olivia on Marsh Creek” project, due to easy access to the park trails that lead directly to the south side of the Stranahan housing development and on to Marsh Creek Road. State vehicle code allows local authorities to restrict parking to reduce traffic and litter from nonresidents to ensure convenient parking is available for residents and their guests. A citywide parking permit program would ensure that spillover from proposed high-density projects would place the burden on developers to provide adequate “onsite” parking for their residences without affecting the surrounding neighborhoods or town center.

Stranahan (Blue) - Located directly across from “The Olivia on Marsh Creek” project, this residential housing development will experience a major impact from the spillover parking from the project, as indicated in staff reports in 2019 and 2020. Due to its prime location and easy walking distance to the “Olivia” project, residents of Stranahan will be severely impacted. In addition, public safety will become a concern with the increased pedestrian traffic crossing over Marsh Creek Road, not to mention the increased vehicle traffic. The shortage of onsite parking spaces at the “Olivia” project will become a citywide problem if the City Council does not take action immediately. A citywide parking permit, along with placing the responsibility of available parking on developers in the future, is the answer.

Lower Easley Estates (Purple) - Located directly next to the Stranahan housing development, on the south side, the residents of this housing development will experience spillover parking in their neighborhood from “The Olivia on Marsh Creek” project, due to easy access to the park trail that leads directly to the south side of the Stranahan housing development, which leads on to Marsh Creek Road. A citywide parking permit program would ensure that spillover from proposed high-density projects would place the burden on developers to provide adequate “onsite” parking for their residences without affecting the surrounding neighborhoods or town center.

Downtown / Business District (Red Line) - Spillover parking from the “The Olivia on Marsh Creek” project will negatively affect our downtown parking spaces and businesses. The lack of available parking spaces will create many challenges for business owners and their customers. With other approved projects, that have already received parking requirement exceptions, the City of Clayton is only exasperating the parking problem in the town center. While one solution may be a parking permit program, painting curbs red and posting “No Overnight Parking” signs may also be necessary, along with purchasing vacant land that can be turned into public parking.

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