Resident-Only Parking Permit Program in Clayton, CA 94517

Petition summary and background: We, the residents of Clayton, California, petition the Clayton City Council to establish a resident-only parking permit program in select residential neighborhoods, including, but not limited to, imposing certain restrictions for on-street parking in the downtown area.

This request is being made because past Clayton City Council members, C.W. Wolfe, Tuija Catalano, and Julie Pierce originally approved the project, with Peter Cloven, CW. Wolfe, and Holly Tillman recently approving a one-year extension for the developer. 

These council members have caused, or will cause in the future, residences to be adversely affected by their decisions concerning current and future housing projects. The approval of the recent “The Olivia on Marsh Creek” three-story high-density housing project in Historic Downtown is just one example of the City of Clayton failing to protect its citizens from any undue hardship due to not requiring “The Olivia on Marsh Creek” project to provide sufficient parking for the three-story eighty-one (81) approved apartments.

Any spillover into surrounding neighborhoods, or downtown, is unacceptable and will lead to increased traffic, noise, lower property values, and parking inconveniences for family and visitors, and will negatively affect the right to “quiet enjoyment” as granted to every homeowner and tenant by law.

Action petitioned for: We, the undersigned, hereby request that the Clayton City Council consider this petition for the establishment of a residential permit-parking program, including, but not limited to, imposing certain restrictions on on-street parking in the downtown area.