HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 4 Addition 100 Block N. Lemon to Permit Area AAGENDA ITEM
April 10, 2019
TO: City Traffic Commission
THRU: Frank Sun, Deputy Public Works Director /City Engineer
FROM: Traffic Engineering Division
REVIEW: Public Works Director f�
1. SUBJECT
Request to add the east side of the 100 Block of North Lemon Street to the Downtown
Permit Parking Area a.k.a. Area "A ".
2. SUMMARY
The request is to add the east side of North Lemon Street from 149 N. Lemon Street to
Maple Avenue to the Area 'A' Neighborhood Permit Parking Area.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve the request.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
The total expenditure for the project is $1000 and will be funded in Minor Traffic Control
Devices (16302) through Traffic Improvement Measure M2 (263).
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 1: Provide for a safe community
b. Provide and maintain infrastructure necessary to ensure the safety of the public.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
Ms. Cami Jo Smith, a resident living on North Lemon Street, is requesting that the 100
block of North Lemon Street be included in the Downtown Neighborhood Parking Permit
Area (Area "A "). The subject neighborhood is located between Chapman and Maple
Avenues.
Existing Conditions
Per the City's Parking Permit Ordinance, the program is to mitigate the intrusion of
college- oriented and other long -term vehicle parking either by commercial or institutional
use on streets in residential areas, to assure local residents and their guests of convenient
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parking on streets in proximity to their homes. A resident of the neighborhood must
provide the Traffic Division with a letter of request. Those neighborhoods in the
Downtown Parking Permit Area are exempt from paying the application fees since this is
the first permit parking area and was implemented prior to application fees.
Parking Study
After receipt by the Traffic Engineering Division of the letter of request, staff provided a
petition form to Ms. Smith with instructions to make a good faith effort to contact all the
addresses on the petition. The completed petition was returned to Traffic Engineering
Division. The table below shows the results of the neighborhood polling.
15 Affected Addresses
In Favor
Opposed
Unsigned
Total
13
0
2
Percentage
86.7%
0%
13.3%
Analysis
There is a minimum threshold of at least 55% majority of the affected residents to be in
favor of the proposal. In the affected area, 86.7% of the residents are in favor of the
parking permit program. The petition for the subject area has met the minimum
requirements for a parking permit program. Parking permits are issued for residents only.
Participation in the permit program is voluntary; however, after implementation any
vehicle parked on the street without a permit can be cited.
Recommendation
Staff therefore recommends that the Traffic Commission approve the request for permit
parking on the 100 Block of North Lemon Street and forward to the City Council for final
approval.
The proponent and all residents and businesses within 300 feet of the study area were
notified of the Traffic Commission Meeting.
7. ATTACHMENTS
1. Letter of Request
2. Petition
3. Areas Map
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