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March 8,
2010
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Agenda
Item No. 39 Roll
Call No. 10- Communication No. 10-121 Submitted by:
Jeb E. Brewer, P.E. City Engineer |
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AGENDA
HEADING:
Amending Chapter 114 of the
Municipal Code regarding traffic regulation changes as follows:
A. One side parking restriction—east side of E 4th
Street north of Des Moines Street.
B. Parking restriction extension—south side
of University Avenue west of 28th Street.
C. Code revisions for streets that have had
field adjustments.
SYNOPSIS:
Recommend approval of the Traffic
and Transportation Division staff recommendations, including first reading of
the Ordinance regarding the traffic regulation changes.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Amount: Minor costs
for signing modifications and parking meters.
Funding Source: 2009-2010 Operating Budget, Page 93,
Engineering Department Traffic & Transportation - Sign Installation and
Maintenance, ENG100413.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
A. A
business on E 4th Street requested that parking be prohibited along
a section of the east side of the street to assist in the delivery of
merchandise. Staff has reviewed the area
and concurs with this request. The
following revision to the Municipal Code is necessary to place the parking restriction
into effect.
Sec.
114-2622. East Fourth
Street—East Vine Street to Maple Street.
East
Fourth Street, on the east side, from a point 200 feet north of Des Moines
Street to a point 90 feet north thereof, no parking any time.
B. Parking Enforcement requested the
Traffic and Transportation Division to review the parking restrictions on
University Avenue in the vicinity of the midblock pedestrian signal located in
the Drake area west of 28th Street.
Parking is currently allowed on the south side of University Avenue in
close proximity to the signalized pedestrian crossing. Staff recommends removal of this parking to
enhance pedestrian safety at this heavily used crossing. The following revision
to the Municipal Code is necessary to extend the existing parking restriction
to include the area within the midblock pedestrian crossing.
Sec.
114-3691. University
Avenue — Twenty-eighth Street to Thirty-first Street.
University
Avenue, on the south side, from a point 200 feet west of Twenty-eighth Street
to a point 340 260 feet west thereof, no parking 7:00 a.m. to
9:00 a.m.
University
Avenue, on the south side, from a point 540 460 feet west of
Twenty-eighth Street to Twenty-ninth Street, no parking any time.
C. During a review of the traffic code,
Traffic and Transportation Division staff identified revisions to individual
code sections that are needed due to field adjustments that have been made to
the placement of parking signs and/or meters.
The following revisions are necessary to correct the Municipal Code.
Sec. 114-2832. Southeast Twenty-fifth
Street—East Court Avenue to East Payton Avenue.
Southeast Twenty-fifth
Street, on the east west side, from Southeast Twenty-fourth Court
to East Leach Avenue, no parking any time.
Sec. 114-3749. East Walnut Street—East
Third Street to East Fourth Street.
East Walnut Street, on the south
side, from East Third Street to a point 40 feet east thereof, no parking any
time.
Sec. 114-4112. East Walnut Street—East
Third Street to East Fourth Street.
East Walnut Street, on the south
side, from a point 40 feet east of East Third Street to a point 115
75 feet east thereof, two-hour meters, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
PREVIOUS
COUNCIL ACTION(S): NONE
BOARD/COMMISSION
ACTION(S): NONE
ANTICIPATED
ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS:
Second and
third readings of Ordinance.
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