HomeMy WebLinkAboutRPT 4 PKG VARIANCE 01-06-92REPORTS NO. 4
AGENDA
)ATE: DECEMBER 24, 1991 ! ter ITl1 Sal
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
REQUEST FOR A PARKING VARIANCE ON BROWNING AVENUE SOUTH OF
SUBJECT: BRYAN AVENUE ON SATURDAYS DURING BASEBALL SEASON FOR THE
TUSTIN EAST LITTLE LEAGUE
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council, at their meeting of
January 6, 1992, deny the request for a parking variance on the
west side of Browning Avenue south of Bryan Avenue on Saturdays
during Baseball season for the Tustin East Little League.
BACKGROUND
At the November 18, 1991 City Council Meeting, Councilmember Potts
requested consideration of a parking variance for the west side of
Browning Avenue south of Bryan Avenue. The variance would allow
parking in an existing no stopping zone on Saturdays during the
Tustin East Little League season on the west side of Browning
Avenue.
The Tustin East Little League uses the baseball field at Columbus
Tustin Middle School located at the southwest corner of Bryan
Avenue and Browning Avenue.
Browning Avenue is currently striped with two through lanes in each
direction of travel and a left turn lane for northbound to
westbound Bryan Avenue traffic for a total of five lanes. The no
stopping zone on the west side of Browning Avenue extends from
Bryan Avenue to the southern driveway of the school parking lot.
The east side of Browning Avenue has parking restricted from Bryan
Avenue south to Parkview Way.
The school parking lot currently provides 79 parking spaces and
on -street parking is available south of the parking restricted
areas.
DISCUSSION
To facilitate enhanced traffic operations, Browning Avenue north of
Parkview Way is striped with a left -turn lane at the Bryan Avenue
traffic signal. In .order to accommodate the left -turn lane the
curb adjacent travel lanes are reduced to sixteen feet wide. A
curb lane width of sixteen feet is not wide enough to provide for
both parallel parking and a travel- lane in a safe manner. Normally
the curb lane should be., twenty feet wide in order to safely provide
for both parallel parking and travel. As the other through traffic
lanes and the left -turn lane are presently at practical minimum
widths, the curb lanes cannot be widened to accommodate parking
without the removal of one or more travel lanes.
Further south where the left -turn lane transition is no longer
causing the need for a reduced curb lane width, the curb width is
twenty feet and parallel parking is allowed. ' The area which is
currently parking restricted is not an excessive length.
With parallel on -street parking permitted south of this area
coupled with the 79 spaces available in the school parking lot, it
is felt that adequate parking is available to the Tustin East
Little League without allowing parking within a limited area where
insufficient room exists for such.
A schematic plan is attached to this report which delineates this
area in more detail.
AR Robert S. Ledendec er
Director of Public Works/
City Engineer
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Traffic Engineering Consultant
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