Panoramic Hill Off-Street Parking Survey Overview
The purpose of this survey is to catalog the number and location of dwellings in the Panoramic Hill neighborhood which have limited access to off-street parking; with specific focus on how many dwellings have no off-street parking or dwellings which have access to only a single off-street parking space. This survey covers both the City of Berkeley and City of Oakland sections of the neighborhood.
The survey focuses on compiling data for dwellings with either zero or one off street parking space because it is a common practice in our society for many households to function using two vehicles. Therefore, households in this neighborhood with less than two off-street parking spaces often heavily rely on public street parking in their day to day lives.
The City of Berkeley allows each household in the Panoramic Hill neighborhood to receive residential parking permits allowing three vehicles to park on the street. In addition households can purchase one day and two week permits for visitors, contractors, etc. Also available from the City of Berkeley are special hangtag permits for in-home healthcare care-givers. Relevant here because the Panoramic Hill neighborhood has had a significant population of residents over 70 years old. ( The City of Oakland has similar permit allowances as Berkeley, but only a portion of the Oakland area of Panoramic requires a permit for long term parking.)
Because of the neighborhood’s orientation on a hillside bounded by UC Berkeley athletic facilities, public parkland or dense student housing, there is a general lack of feasible alternatives for local resident off-street parking.
Author: Mike Kelly