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Date: November 12, 2002
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
SUBJECT: PARKING PROHIBITIONS FOR LONGVIEW SUBDIVISION, 1ST
ADDITION
BACKGROUND:
During the review of the parking prohibitions for Longview (1st Addition) Subdivision,
staff worked with developers on plans to designate parking prohibitions on one or both
sides of new subdivision streets. The plans proposed for these new subdivisions are
typical to ones approved in the past that call for providing the desired street widths for
the safe passage of traffic and emergency vehicles. According to these plans, parking
is proposed on one side along all of these "local" and "collector" type streets to provide
a safe street width for traffic and emergency vehicles.
It has been the past practice to designate parking prohibitions on one side along
new subdivision streets with typical widths of 26' for local streets and 31' for
collector streets for traffic safety purposes. With these street widths, parking should
be prohibited on one side to accommodate two-way traffic flow. If parking were allowed
on both sides of the street, the available street width for traffic would be reduced to 7'
for local streets and 12' for collector streets. This would not only create a hazardous
situation for traffic, but also would restrict access by emergency vehicles.
For Longview Subdivision, the following prohibitions are appropriate:
Miller Avenue: Parking is prohibited on the west side of the street from Clemens
Boulevard to Mortensen Road.
Keats Street: Parking is prohibited on the north side of the street from Tennyson
Avenue to Miller Avenue.
Tennyson Avenue: Parking is prohibited on the west side of the street from Keats
Street to Waller Street.
Waller Street: Parking is prohibited on the north side of the street from Tennyson
Avenue to Miller Avenue.
ALTERNATIVES:
1 . Prohibit parking as indicated above for new streets in Longview (1st Addition)
Subdivision.
2. Do nothing.
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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
as follows:
Miller Avenue: Parking is prohibited on the west side of the street from Clemens
Boulevard to Mortensen Road.
Keats Street: Parking is prohibited on the north side of the street from Tennyson
Avenue to Miller Avenue.
Tennyson Avenue: Parking is prohibited on the west side of the street from Keats
Street to Waller Street.
Waller Street: Parking is prohibited on the north side of the street from Tennyson
Avenue to Miller Avenue.
COUNCIL ACTION:
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