TO: Chair and Members of the City Traffic Commission
THRU: Larry Tay, City Traffic Engineer
FROM: Gabrielle Hayes, Principal Civil Engineer
1. SUBJECT
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Request for permit parking on both sides of N. Mallard Street, from E. Locust Avenue to E. Jackson Avenue.
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2. SUMMARY
This request is to implement permit parking on N. Mallard Street, which is adjacent to Permit Parking Area L.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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1. Approve the implementation of permit parking on N. Mallard Street, from E. Locust Avenue to E. Jackson Avenue.
2. Forward to the City Council for final action.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
None. Implementation involves minimal staff time and minimal expenditures that have already been approved in the City's operating budget.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 5: Improve Infrastructure, Mobility, and Technology
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
Background
A property owner on N. Mallard Street submitted a request to initiate the process for permit parking on a total of five streets adjacent to existing Permit Parking Area L (established in 2007): E. Jackson Avenue, E. Monroe Avenue, E. Locust Avenue, N. Mallard Street and N. Morgan Street. The extents of the requested streets are shown on the attached Area Map. In accordance with the City's Neighborhood Permit Parking Program (NPPP), staff performed an initial screening of the study area to determine the following:
1. Whether each street is eligible to be considered for permit parking; and
2. If so, does said street lie within a City-defined permit parking opportunity area with streamlined procedures.
Because each of the above streets is eligible for permit parking and outside of a City-defined permit parking opportunity area, minimum levels of parking occupancy and property owner support must be met to recommend permit parking. Both are discussed below.
Parking Occupancy Study
Staff mapped and counted the number of legal parking spaces for each of the streets in the study area. The proponen...
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