TO: Chair and Members of the City Traffic Commission
THRU: Larry Tay, City Traffic Engineer
FROM: Dave Allenbach, Transportation Analyst
1. SUBJECT
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Proposed overnight parking restrictions on Citrus Street north of Struck Avenue; both sides of Struck Avenue between Citrus and Batavia Streets; and both sides of Hoover Avenue west of Batavia Street.
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2. SUMMARY
Local businesses have been impacted by long term parking. A request was made to prohibit parking during nighttime hours. This regulation, combined with enforcement, is expected to provide adequate mitigation.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Approve the prohibition of overnight parking on the aforementioned streets between thehours of 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal1: Provide for a safe community.
b. Provide and maintain infrastructure necessary to ensure the safety of the public.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
This request to implement an overnight parking restriction for the aforementioned streets was made by several of the affected business owners. The basis for the request is to increase the availability of on-street parking for local businesses by removing vehicles from a neighboring business who is using the subject streets as storage.
According to the proponents, many vehicles appear to be stored in the subject area. These vehicles are moved frequently enough to avoid citation under the vehicle code. The consistent presence of said vehicles reduces the number of parking spaces for employees and customers in an area already heavily impacted by high parking demand. Many of the businesses have little off street parking in the study area. This presents an unfair hardship for the businesses along the subject streets. The demand for on-street parking is often at capacity, forcing the delivery of merchandise and materials to be made from the travel lane which, in turn, forces motorists to drive in an opposing lane of traffic to ...
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