HomeMy WebLinkAboutOB 1 ON-ST PARKING 07-06-82 OLD BUSINESS
,G'ENDA
~ATE: JUNE 28, 1982 Inter-Corn
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WILLIAM HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
DALE WICK, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER
YORBA STREET ON-STREET PARKING REQUEST
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council at their meeting of July 6- 1982
the request for on-street parking adjacent to 14181 and 14211 Yorba Street.
deny
BACKGROUND:
Pursuant to the City Council's directive at their meeting of June 21, 1982, staff
has prepared the attached striping plan. This plan utilizes sub-standard lane
widths while retaining the left turn pockets and center two-way left turn lane.
The plan if implemented, would provide 11 on-street parking spaces on the west
side and 8 on-street parking spaces on the east side from the beginning of the
curve south to the first cul-de-sac street. The plan only provides 7 additional'
parking spaces on the west side adjacent to 14181 and 14211 Yorba Street.
A warrant study for traffic signal installation at the intersection of Yorba St. &
Vandenberg Lane has also been initiated, per City Council request. Staff
recommendation on this matter will either be a separate agenda item at the meeting
or, if the study is not completed in time, it will be on the July 19, 1982 agenda.
DISCUSSION:
Staff feels there are serious liability problems which could be introduced if this
striping plan is implemented. We feel the major problems with the plan are:
(1)
The narr~w 7.5''curb parking lane adjacent to a sub-standard 10' travel
lane could create the problem of doors of parked vehicles being opened and
hit by vehicles moving in the outside travel lane.
(2)
The center two-way left turn lane width of 9' is below the Federal
standard of 10' minimum. Again, being adjacent to a sub-standard travel
lane, we are introducing the possibility of a vehicle being clipped in the
rear due to not pulling fully into the protected area because of the
narrow width.
We wonder if this plan would really solve the aisle parking problem that the
requestor wants solved. Since there are really only 3 additional on-street
parking spaces provided immediately adjacent to the problem area, where aisle
parking is occurring, it seems to us that motorists will continue to park in the
aisle once these three spaces are filled up, or even that motorists will ignore
the
YORBA ON-STREET PARKING REQUEST
JUNE 28, 1982
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on-street parking provided and continue to utilize the aisle spaces which involve
less walking.
Again, staff feels that a parking management program, along with police
enforcement, as suggested in the June 15, 1982 memo, would be the best solution
for this problem.
ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER
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cc: Ci~ Clerk
Mr. T. Rossi
Traffic Engineer