HomeMy WebLinkAboutA001 - Council Action form dated December 18, 1990 COUNCIL ACTION FORM
Item #
Date: December 18, 1990
SUBJECT: Parking Prohibition on Buckeye, and Chestnut.
BACKGROUND:
Staff proposes that parking restrictions be designated on both sides of two
recently improved streets for traffic safety purposes. These streets are
Buckeye Avenue (S. 16th Street to north end), and Chestnut Street (S.
Duff to Buckeye Avenue). Shown on the attached sheet are these street
locations. Prohibiting parking along these streets will improve visibility at
drive entrances and intersections, provide additional lane widths at
intersections for vehicular movements, and remove hazards associated with
parking activities.
Currently no parking designations exist on these streets and problems
have occurred. Along Buckeye vehicles are parked usually on the south
end at S. 16th Street which impedes truck movement.
Traffic volumes will significantly increase on both Chestnut Street and
Buckeye Avenue with further area development. In planning stages, these
streets were intended to be utilized for only traffic flow purposes. The
street design reflected the desire to not have on-street parking because
the width does not leave sufficient area to provide for two traffic lanes
and any on-street parking if standard 12' lanes are used. The standard
street width is 41' for commercial areas. Buckeye and Chestnut are 31'
wide. The developers of Southwood Subdivision, located adjacent to these
streets, have requested that parking restrictions be posted along Chestnut
Street and Buckeye Avenue.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Designate parking prohibitions along, Chestnut Street (S. Duff to
Buckeye Avenue), and Buckeye Avenue (S. 16th to north end).
2. Deny the proposal.
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is recommended by the City Manager that the City Council adopt alter-
native number 1 and prohibit parking on both sides of Chestnut Street
from Buckeye Avenue to South Duff and Buckeye Avenue from South 16th
Street to the northern end.
COUNCIL ACTION•
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Proposed Location
For Parking Prohibitions
(on Chestnut St. and Buckeye Ave.)
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Proposed Location
For Parking Restrictions
_ Chestnut St
S. 16th St.