HomeMy WebLinkAboutA001 - Council Action Form dated January 13, 1987 COUNCIL ACTION FORM
Item #
Date: January 13, 1987
SUBJECT: Parking Restrictions Along 7th Street
BACKGROUND:
Section 18.23 of the Ames Code establishes alternate side parking along 7th
Street between Duff Avenue and Grand Avenue. The time limitations for this
ordinance is from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 o'clock p.m. The ordinance as written
prohibits parking on the north side of 7th Street on Saturdays and Sundays.
This summer the Transportation Division of the Public Works Department was
checking the posting of "No Parking" regulations and found that at some
previous point the signs had been changed to allow for parking on both
sides of 7th Street on Sundays.
The signs were switched to comply with the requirements of the Ames Code.
Almost immediately the staff received complaints from residents and re-
ligious organizations in the area that week-end parking was insufficient to
handle the demand. A letter explaining part of this problem is attached
for Council review.
The staff has reviewed the parking demand situation on week-ends in the
area north of downtown and does not have extensive problems with re-codi-
fying parking regulations in certain areas to provide for Saturday and
Sunday parking on both sides of the street. This ordinance should be
considered on a street by street basis, however, as adjacent land uses
sometimes overload on street parking supplies to the point where safety
hazards exist.
ALTERNATIVES:
1 . Direct the City Attorney to prepare an Ordinance allowing parking on
7th Street between Duff Avenue and Grand Avenue on Saturdays and
Sundays.
2. Direct that the staff not change the existing parking regulations per-
taining to 7th Street.
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is recommended by the City Manager that Council adopt alternative number
1 above, thereby directing the City Attorney to prepare an Ordinance allow-
ing parking on 7th Street between Duff Avenue and Grand Avenue on Saturdays
and Sundays.
COUNCIL ACTION:
612 Seventh Street
Ames, Iowa 50010
December 8, 1986
City Council
621 Main
Ames, Iowa 50010
As a homeowner at 612 Seventh Street, we recently found our restricted
parking signs had been changed to include Sunday as one side street parking.
This poses a hardship as the majority of dwellings on our street (between
Grand and Fareway) have been converted to apartments and, as multiple
dwellings, have multiple cars. In addition to this, Fareway is closed on
Sunday and the traffic consequently much lighter than on weekdays.
Please consider this letter a request to institute an ordinance change
to allow for parking on Sunday (both sides of the street), as previously
posted.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Yours sinc ely,
Berna Hanson