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See. 40-45.7. Residentisl parkin~ districts. In order to reduce or prevent congestion in the public streets and to reduce hazardous traffic conditions resulting from the use of streets within areas zoned for residential uses for the parking of vehicles by persons using districts zoned for commercial or industrial uses; and to provide for adequate light, air, convenience of access and to protect residential districts from polluted air, excessive noise, and trash and refuse; and to protect the residents of residential districts from unreasonable burdens in gaining access to their residences; and to promote efficiency in the maintenance of streets in a clean and safe condition; and to facilitate the creation of a convenient, attractive and harmonious community and to preserve the value of property In residential districts; and to preserve the safety of children and other pedestrians and to protect against danger and congestion in travel and transportation; and to preserve peace, good order, convenience, and welfare of the inhabitants of the city, the city manager is hereby authorized to designate residential parking districts under the following conditions. Whenever the city manager or his designee shall determine that the streets of a particular district or discrete portion of a district in which residential uses are permitted and commercial and industrial uses are not permitted are being used for parking by the operators of vehicles while the operators of those vehicles are using districts or portions of districts in which commercial or industrial uses are permitted and the average number of vehicles parking in such a manner is in excess of twenty- five (25) per cenl of the number of parking spaces on such streets and the total number of spaces actually occupied by any vehicle exceeds seventy-five (75) per cent of the number of spaces on such streets, on the weekdays of any month, determined by a survey, the city manager or bis designee may by rule, regulation or order provide for the restriction of parking during the hours when such use has been found on those streets of those districts or portions of districts found by the survey to have been affected. In such cases, the city manager shall cause appropriate signs giving notice of the restricted parking to be posted on those streets restricting such parking under the conditions established by such order, rule or regulation which shall be applicable to all parking except parking by the holders of permits to be granted only under the following conditions: (a) To the owner or the operator of a motor vehicle who resides, owns real property or has a leasehold interest in real property within the area where parking is so restricted, to be limited to that particular area in which parking is so restricted and to be limited to one permit for each vehicle owned or used by that person and described in the application or amendment to it submitted by that person. (b) To persons who are visitors of any residence of any particular area in which parking is so restricted, to be limited to that particular area in which parking is so restricted, to be valid for a stated period but no more than thirty (30) days, (e) On the application of any resident of the district, the city manager or his designee, may issue permits to be valid for only one day and for no more than four (4) hours on that day upon the showing by the resident that during the hours for which the permits are to be issued, his residence will be used in such a way consistent with its residential character and other 64