Council members debated a proposed Residential Permit Parking (RPP) exception for a single address in RPP Area 30 during Monday’s session. The measure, listed as City Council Bill 25-0583 (RPP Area 30, exception for 15 East West Street), prompted several members to argue the question of whether narrow, address-specific legislation is appropriate or whether a broader, citywide parking policy should be pursued.

Councilmember Torrance said the council should not legislate a single-address exception without a citywide analysis and moved to recommit the bill to committee for further study. Chair Dorsey and sponsor Councilmember Blanchard explained that the exception grew out of a prior neighborhood negotiation between a property owner and a neighborhood association and that the Parking Authority proposed a technical amendment to resolve how visitor permits would be allocated when a single-family property is converted to two units.

Torrance’s motion to recommit was put to a roll-call vote and failed; the council recorded the motion as receiving 3 votes in favor and 12 against. After the recommit motion failed, the council adopted the committee amendment providing one visitor permit per unit at the address and then moved the bill favorably as amended; the measure will be printed for third reading.

During debate Councilmember Schleifer questioned why the council would legislate a single-address exception rather than direct the Parking Authority to resolve permit allocation administratively. Sponsor Blanchard said the exception traces to an earlier negotiated agreement in the neighborhood and that the amendment proposed by the Parking Authority addressed practical enforcement concerns. No final passage vote occurred Monday; the item was advanced toward third reading.