Parking Meter Program Changes

At a glance

What: Repeal and reenactment of Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 14.52 (Parking Meters) to adjust the goBerkeley parking management program: meter hours extended to 8 p.m. citywide, meters, pay stations and enforcement on Sundays, new high-demand meter zones, and a future move to cashless meters. Also changes parking permit fees and sets a new schedule of violations, fines and late payment penalties, and rescinds Resolution No. 71,627-N.S.
Where it stands: Second reading of Ordinance No. 8,012-N.S. adopted June 30, 2026 on the Consent Calendar (all ayes, Bartlett absent). The first reading vote was 8-1, with Bartlett the only no.
Next: None recorded in this meeting.

Consent item 1. Contact: Wahid Amiri, Public Works.
Written comments on the item came from Julie Kitzenberger and Bonnie McKellar (the minutes list only the names, not their positions) and a supplemental letter from Nancy Braham; other letters that night raised parking kiosk and parking ticket concerns.

Public hearing item 24, continued from May 19, 2026; contact Wahid Amiri, Public Works. The package had four parts: the ordinance repealing and reenacting Chapter 14.52 (meters to 8 p.m. citywide, Sunday operation and enforcement, new high-demand zones, future cashless meters), a resolution passing parking meter costs through as a transparent transaction charge to the customer, a resolution setting a new FY 2028 Residential Parking Permit fee schedule, and a resolution updating the Schedule of Parking Violations and Fines (rescinding Resolution No. 71,627-N.S.).
5 speakers. Hearing closed on a motion by Tregub, seconded by Taplin, all ayes.
Amendment by Blackaby, seconded by Bartlett, to remove the Sunday operation (recommendation 1.b) failed. Ayes: Bartlett, Blackaby; Noes: Kesarwani, Taplin, O'Keefe, Lunaparra, Humbert, Ishii; Abstain: Tregub.
Main motion (Taplin/Humbert) carried 8-1: first reading of Ordinance No. 8,012-N.S. (second reading set for June 30, 2026) and Resolutions No. 72,309-N.S. (Parking Meter Costs), 72,310-N.S. (Fee Schedule) and 72,311-N.S. (Violations and Fines). Ayes: Kesarwani, Taplin, Tregub, O'Keefe, Blackaby, Lunaparra, Humbert, Ishii; Noes: Bartlett.
Written communications that night included a letter on proposed parking meter changes (June 16 packet) and Public Works and resident submissions on the item (June 9 packets).

Public hearing item 28 was first on the May 19 agenda; Council continued it to June 9 (motion Taplin/Humbert, all ayes, together with items 24 and 29). The Public Works presentation and a letter from Casey Passmore were posted, along with supplemental letters from Rachel Bradley, Margot Smith, Michael Katz and Joel Myerson (the minutes list names only, not positions).

Second reading of Ordinance No. 8,012-N.S. adopted on consent.

Public hearing; amendment to drop Sunday meters failed 2-6-1; first reading of Ordinance 8,012 and Resolutions 72,309 to 72,311 carried 8-1.

Public hearing continued to June 9, all ayes.