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Home My WebLink AboutA002 - Council Action Form dated January 8, 2002 f 0 Item # F Date: January 8, 2002 COUNCIL ACTION FORM SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR 1'2 HOUR PARKING ONLY" ZONE ALONG 5T" STREET IN FRONT OF THE PYLE OFFICE PARK PROPERTY. BACKGROUND: A request was received from Dennis Pyle, owner of the Pyle Office Park property, to designate a "two hour parking only" zone along the north side of 5th Street adjacent to the Pyle Office Park property. This "two-hour" parking zone would be designated only during business hours (i.e. 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., Monday to Saturday) when short- term spaces are needed by patrons of the office building. It would extend along seven of the nine parking spaces along this 5th Street block section from Allan Drive to Northwestern Avenue. The other two parking spaces along the west end of this block section would not be designated and remain for all-day parking use. These two parking spaces are currently used primarily to accommodate long-term parking needs for the adjacent rooming house at 731 5th Street owned by Peter and Mary Matthews. Shown on the attached diagram is the location for the proposed parking zone along this block section. According to Mr. Pyle's attached correspondence, this measure is being sought to improve parking turnover along this curb area for business purposes in this "neighborhood commercial" zoned area. Accessing these on-street parking spaces is now a problem for patrons due to the heavy employee parking utilization along the block section. (Currently, streets in this area including Northwestern Avenue are impacted by this long-term use due to the limited supply of off-street parking for employees.) Mr. Pyle has indicated that this short term parking zone will be especially needed in the future when new tenants will occupy a 5,000 square foot office space in the Pyle Office Park building in April, 2002. Plans call for this office space to be occupied by an orthodontist who will have more patients than previous occupants of this building. It is noted that these patients will prefer to park in more convenient parking spaces along 5th Street than maneuver into the adjacent Pyle Office Park parking lot. To evaluate the existing conditions, staff surveyed the on-street parking use along this 5th Street block section. This survey showed that parking was moderately to heavily utilized (69%) during the daytime period (9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.). Of the nine parking spaces along this section, six parking spaces were used almost throughout the day by users for long term parking (6-hour average per vehicle). Three other spaces were utilized by patrons for shorter-term parking that extended from 1 to 2 hours. The property owners adjacent to this 5th Street section were notified about this proposed parking measure. A response was received from Peter and Mary Matthews, owners of the 731 5th Street rooming house, who were against the proposed parking measure. Although they realized that this measure would not change the parking prohibitions CAF — 2 Hour Parking — Pyle Office Park January 8, 2002 Page 2 along the two spaces along their property, they believed that it would result in problems with their tenants accessing these spaces. As indicated in Ms. Matthews attached correspondence, they have a concern that the two parking spaces in front of their rooming house would be filled for other long-term parking needs, especially since there is a shortage of employee parking spaces in this area. They also do not want to designate these two spaces as "two-hour parking only" prohibitions since their tenants also use these spaces for longer term parking needs. In evaluating this measure, staff does recommend that the short-term parking be designated along the seven parking spaces next to the Pyle Office Park property. Due to the higher turnover rate with the short-term parking, it is believed that it would accommodate more parking needs than the long-term use that now exists. Staff believes that shifting this longer-term parking elsewhere would not detrimentally impact surrounding street conditions due to the parking availability. It should be noted that there are available on-street parking spaces along Northwestern Avenue (Allan Drive to 6th Street) where up to seven spaces are currently unoccupied during the day. ALTERNATIVES: 1. Approve the request to designate a "two hour parking only" zone along 5th Street adjacent to the Pyle Office Park property and direct the City Attorney to prepare the appropriate ordinance. 2. Do nothing, thereby allowing long-term parking to exist along this area. MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION: It is the recommendation of the City Manager that the City Council adopt alternative number 1, thereby approving the request to designate a "two hour parking only" zone along 5th Street adjacent to the Pyle Office Park property and direct the City Attorney to prepare the appropriate ordinance. COUNCIL ACTION: 9: 37 F„kX 515 239 3578 FIRST AMERICAN BANK 14 002 t t -� 1 � POI NOV ��JI __� November 2, 2001 Steve Goodhue First American Bank 1530 S Duff Avenue Ames, IA 50010 Dear Steve: We and our tenants have had continuing difficulty with parking on 51h Street between the properties known as Pyle Office Park and the Knapp Tedesco building. The problem we have experienced is cars parked on the street most of the day so the patrons of our buildings on both sides of 5`h Street do not have ready access to transitional customer parking. These persons who are parking on the street typically cross Grand to the east and work somewhere in the downtown area. Our Office Park was recently changed to neighborhood commercial and we have one-fourth of the commercial space vacant. We have had difficulty renting this commercial space,partially because there is not easily accessible transitional parking for prospective patrons of the businesses who have inquired about renting the property. The purpose of this letter is to request the City make the parking on 5`h Street between Allan Drive and our Pyle Office Park entry drive a two hour parking area. This would allow all businesses in the area to utilize the readily accessible street parking for use by transitional visitors/patrons of our adjacent buildin s. If I can be of further assis ance in facilita g this change, as soon as possible,please give me a call. QJ $� Sincerely yours, Pyle Office Park A Street Ames, Iowa 50010 , 232-27 ext 137 Dennis D. Pyle , Q /�if L' �/��4��.—•�—� � �..'l� I�l"'�v C</ _��'=' /�'�.s-�L. 4� t �-��c-_-_ �,ram" � � ^T ��-- ` Q �;,iyy..'li j ,��U(�q�E,-�c—�C. 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