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ITEM # 1
Date: 10/13 ft,5
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
SUBJECT: PARKING REGULATIONS (NEW OR EXTENDED STREETS)
BACKGROUND:
When new or recently extend streets are completed in developing residential
subdivisions, the wording of the Municipal Code's Parking Ordinance (Section 18) must
be updated to reflect these new streets. The following list will bring those street
segments into compliance with standard City parking regulations where parking is
allowed on one side of the street.-
New Streets:
Aberdeen Drive — Parking is prohibited at all times on the north and east sides.
Aldrin Avenue — Parking is prohibited at all times on the east side.
Allerton Drive — Parking is prohibited at all times on the north side.
Bellflower Drive — Parking is prohibited at all times on the east side.
Brighton Circle — Parking is prohibited at all times on the west side.
Cartier Avenue — Parking is prohibited at all times on the east side.
Street Extensions:
Coy Street— Parking is prohibited at all times on the north side.
Dotson Drive — Parking is prohibited at all times on the east side; and on the west side
from Lincoln Way to Baughman Road, and from Harris Street to the southern end of
Dotson Drive.
Typical streets within Ames subdivisions are designed to minimize impervious impacts
and ongoing infrastructure cost, while providing a safe transportation environment.
Thus, parking is only allowed on one side of the street in order to maintain two-way
traffic and provide adequate space for emergency vehicle access.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance to change Municipal Code Section
18.31 to codify the parking regulations noted above.
2. Direct staff to leave the parking ordinance section unchanged.
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
These modifications to the Municipal Code will provide standard parking regulations on
the aforementioned streets.
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 change
parking regulations as specified above.