Item 3 Addition 100 N. Shaffer Block to Permit Parking AOF
AGENDA ITEM
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TO : Members of the Reviewed/Verified By:
City Traffic Commission City Traffic Engineer
THRU: Frank Sun
To Be Presented By;
Assistant Public Works Director - Dave Allenbach
City Engineer
FROM: Traffic Engineering Division
Public Works Department
1. SUBJECT
Request to add both -sides of the 100 Block of North Shaffer Street to the Down Town Permit
Parking Area a.k.a. Area "X'
2. SUMMARY
The request is to add the 100 Block. of North Shaffer Street to the Area `A' Neighborhood Permit
Parking Area:
3. RECOMMENDED
Approve the request. .
4. FISCAL IMPACT
Funds; are available in the following account:
262.5032.56100.16302 Traffic Control Devices
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL(S)
1.5 Provide and maintain infrastructure necessary to ensure the safety of the public.
6: GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
Growth. Management Goal 1.0 Reduce traffic congestion within the: City.
Policy 1.10: Apply traffic calming..measures, where appropriate, to residential neighborhoods
affected by cut - through traffic in accordance with the City's -Residential Neighborhood Traffic
Management .Program.
ITEM 3 November 14, 2018
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7. DISCUSSION and BACKGROUND
Mr. Steve Soest, a resident living on North Shaffer Street, is requesting that the 100 block of
North Shaffer Street be included in the Down Town Neighborhood Parking Permit Area (Area
"A "). The subject neighborhood is located between Chapman and Maple Avenues. It adjoins
existing parking permit areas on Shaffer Street and Maple Avenue.
Existinst 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 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 Down Town 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 Mr. Soest 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.
17 Affected Addresses
In Favor
Opposed
Unsigned
Total
15
2
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Percentage
88.2%
11.8%
0
Analysis
There is a minimum threshold of at least 55% majority of the affected residents to be in favor of
the proposal. 88.2% of the residents in, the affected area 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 Shaffer 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.
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8. ATTACHMENTS
Letter of Request
Petition
Areas Map
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