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Date: October 22, 1996
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
SUBJECT: DESIGNATING PARKING PROHIBITIONS FOR COUNTRY GABLES
NINTH ADDITION
BACKGROUND:
During the review of the Country Gables Ninth Addition, staff indicated to the developer,
Frank Schill, that parking prohibitions should be designated along one side of
subdivision streets that are 27' and 31' wide. This measure is needed to provide a safe
street width for passage of local traffic and emergency vehicles. Currently, the
developers are proceeding with an administrative plat that includes several street
sections including Crystal Street and Onyx Street.
Staff had concluded in a 1993 study that parking prohibitions are necessary on any new
subdivision streets that are 27' and 31' wide. With these widths, parking prohibitions
are needed to provide a two-way traffic flow. With parking present on both sides of the
street, the available street width for traffic is reduced to 15', or one lane of travel. When
this parking is present, it not only creates a hazardous situation for traffic, but also
restricts access to emergency vehicles.
The developers have indicated that the parking prohibitions on the west and south
sides of Crystal Street, and on the south side of Onyx Street would be appropriate.
ALTERNATIVES:
1 . Prohibit parking on the west and south sides of Crystal Street from 325' south
and 410' north of Onyx Street. Also prohibit parking on the south side of Onyx Street
for a distance of 415' west of the Crystal Street intersection.
2. Modify the proposed parking prohibitions.
3. Do nothing.
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is the recommendation of the City Manager that the City Council adopt alternative
number 1 , thereby directing the City Attorney to draft an ordinance prohibiting parking
on the west and south sides of Crystal Street from 325' south and 410' north of Onyx
Street. Also prohibit parking on the south side of Onyx Street for a distance of 415'
west of the Crystal Street intersection.
COUNCIL ACTION:
CAFAPPROVAL
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