TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, ICMA-CM, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, PE, Public Services Director
Brian McGill, PE, PTOE, Assistant Public Services Director - Traffic Services
DATE: September 2, 2025
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Resident Request for "No Parking" in Neighborhoods
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal IV: Be a highly desirable place to live, work, and recreate.
Executive Summary:
Council requested staff develop a process for "No Parking" down multi-use lanes, similar to the speed hump process. This request is the result of discussion from the June 2, 2025 Council Work Session, where staff provided the Bicycle Lane Ordinance Clarifications and Recommendations presentation.
Staff plan to return at a future Council Work Session with the process for residents to request "No Parking" along multi-use lanes, pending Council guidance based on the suggestions from the presentation.
Background:
History of "No Parking":
* 08/23/2023 - Brunswick Road "No Parking" zone is enacted [Most recent "No Parking" zone]
* 06/02/2025 - Council requested staff develop a process for multi-use lanes "No Parking" requests
* 09/02/2025 - Staff presents "No Parking" information at Council Work Session
The City of Fayetteville does not have a defined policy for citizens to request "No Parking" in neighborhoods with multi-use lanes. To-date, for "No Parking" to be applied, Council members were required to request "No Parking" on behalf of their constituents. After reviewing the location, staff would make a recommendation and pursuant to any discussion, a "No Parking" zone could be enacted. The most recent "No Parking" zone was Brunswick Road on August 23, 2023.
The City documents "No Parking" zones as part of traffic schedule Number 9 - Parking Prohibited. The ordinance which authorizes the traffic schedules, Chapter 16, Article III, Section 16-61, Traffic Sc...
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