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ITEM # W ;10
DATE: 11-20-07
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
SUBJECT: SOUTH 5T" AND SOUTHEAST 5T" STREET PARKING REGULATIONS
BACKGROUND:
It has been brought to the attention of staff that the parking regulations along South 5th Street
and Southeast 5 h Street are in need of some modifications. Due to recent development at
534 South Duff Avenue, the new Wal-Mart location, the pavements markings on Southeast
5th Street and the eastbound approach of South 5th Street and South Duff Avenue have been
restriped. These changes are reflective of the improvements identified in the approved
Traffic Impact Study (TIS) for the Wal-Mart development. It should be noted that Wal-Mart
also was required to extend Southeast 5th Street to its eastern property line.
Currently, parking is prohibited on South 5th Street from Walnut Avenue, east, for a distance
of 1 ,170 feet. There is also a "No Parking Here-to-Corner" for,approximately the last 100 feet
before connecting to South Duff Avenue. In the case of Southeast 5th Street, parking is
currently prohibited at a point beginning 550 feet east, from South Duff Avenue for a length of
160 feet. After the 160-foot section there is a frontage road connection north to the Target
shopping center.
In order to ensure safe and efficient flow of traffic along South 5th Street and Southeast 5th
Street, it is recommended that parking be prohibited along all sections of both roadways.
This change would also simplify the parking regulations and signage along both roadways by
infilling smaller intermittent sections where parking is allowed.
This change in the parking ordinance will also provide future consistency with the upcoming
extensions of Grand Avenue and South 5th Street, at which point South 5th Street will be a
vital connection between Grand Avenue and South Duff Avenue. These network
improvements are intended to help relieve the heavy traffic loads that currently exist along
the eastern commercial district of Lincoln Way.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance to prohibit parking along all sections of
South 5th Street, and prohibit parking along Southeast 5th Street from South Duff Avenue
to its eastern terminus.
2. Do not initiate a change to this ordinance.
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Therefore, it is the recommendation of the City Manager that the City Council adopt
Alternative No. 1 , thereby directing the City Attorney to draft an ordinance to prohibit parking
along all sections of South 5th Street, and prohibit parking along Southeast 5th Street from
South Duff Avenue to its eastern terminus.
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