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HomeMy WebLinkAbout42. 14-206APRIL 22, 2014 14 -206 ORDINANCE FIRST READING (CARRIED LOST LAID OVER WITHDRAWN ) PURPOSE: APPROVAL OF PARKING REGULATION CHANGES ON ALGOMA BOULEVARD, CENTRAL STREET, COLUMBIA AVENUE, HAMILTON STREET MELVIN AVENUE, WOODSTOCK STREET AND 8fiH AVENUE. INITIATED BY: TRAFFIC REVIEW ADVISORY BOARD A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH AMENDING SECTION 27A- 11 OF THE OSHKOSH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO PARKING REGULATIONS ON DESIGNATED STREETS AND ALLEYS. The Common Council of the City of Oshkosh do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That Section 27A -11 of the Oshkosh Municipal Code pertaining to parking regulations on designated streets and alleys is hereby amended as follows: A -11 PARKING REGULATIONS ON DESIGNATED STREETS AND ALLEYS ALGOMA BOULEVARD Remove Therefrom: 2-hour parking, south side, from Jackson Street to 60 feet east of Dawes Street between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Add Thereto: 4 -hour parking, south side, from Jackson Street to 60 feet east of Dawes Street between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.. daily except weekends and holidays. CENTRALSTREET Remove Therefrom: No parking, west side, from Tennessee Avenue to Nevada Avenue. Remove Therefrom: No parking, stopping, standing or waiting, west side, from 90 feet north of New York Avenue to Tennessee Avenue. Remove Therefrom: No parking, stopping, standing or waiting, east side, from 160 feet north of New York Avenue to Tennessee Avenue between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days. APRIL 22, 2014 14 -206 ORDINANCE FIRST READING CONT'D Remove Therefrom: 2-hour parking, east side, from New York Avenue to 160 feet north of New York Avenue between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days. Add Thereto: No parking, east side, from Tennessee Avenue to Custer Avenue. Add Thereto: Loading zone, west side, from 91 feet north of Tennessee Avenue to Custer Avenue between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on school days. Add Thereto: No parking, stopping, standing or waiting, west side, from 90 feet north of New York Avenue to 91 feet north of Tennessee Avenue. Add Thereto: No parking, west side, from Custer Avenue to Nevada Avenue. COLUMBIA AVENUE Remove Therefrom:No parking, south side, from Algoma Boulevard to Hamilton Street. Add Thereto: No parking, south side, from Algoma Boulevard to 30 feet east of Hamilton Street. HAMILTON STREET Add Thereto: No parking, east side, from Columbia Avenue to 75 feet north of Columbia Avenue. MELVIN AVENUE Remove Therefrom: No parking, stopping, standing, waiting, north side from Hazel Street to 35 feet west of Hazel Street. Add Thereto: No parking, stopping, standing, waiting, north side, from Hazel Street to 70 feet west of Hazel Street. Add Thereto: Loading zone, south side, from Grove Street to Oak Street between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days. APRIL 22, 2014 14 -206 ORDINANCE FIRST READING CONT'D WOODSTOCK AVENUE Add Thereto: No parking, stopping, standing or waiting, west side, from 428 feet north of Montclair Place to 477 feet north of Montclair Place between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days. 8TH AVENUE Remove Therefrom: Loading zone, south side, from 105 feet west of Oregon Street to 440 feet west of Oregon Street between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Add Thereto: 15- minute parking, south side, from 105 feet west of Oregon Street to 440 feet west of Oregon Street between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on schooldays. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, publication and placement of the appropriate signage. SECTION 3. Publication Notice. Please take notice that the City of Oshkosh enacted ordinance #13 -XXX (A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH AMENDING SECTION 27A -11 OF THE OSHKOSH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO PARKING REGULATIONS ON DESIGNATED STREETS AND ALLEYS) on May 13, 2014. The ordinance changes parking regulations on Algoma Boulevard, Central Street, Columbia Avenue, Hamilton Street, Melvin Avenue, Woodstock Street and 8th Avenue.. The full text of the ordinance may be obtained at the Office of the City Clerk, 215 Church Avenue and through the City's website at www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us. Clerk's phone: 920/236 -5011. (0 OfHKOIH ON THE WATER MEMORANDUM TO: Mark A. Rohloff, City Manager FROM: Jim Collins, Transportation Director DATE: April 22, 2014 RE: Items Defeated by the Traffic Review Board at their April 8, 2014 Meeting A REQUEST FOR NO PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF BEECH STREET FROM BENT AVENUE TO 120 FEET NORTH OF BENT AVENUE. (CURRENT CONDITION: UNRESTRICTED PARKING.) The requestor lives at the northeast corner of Beech Street and Bent Avenue. The driveway for this corner house accesses Beech Street. The requestor reports that cars parking on the west side of the street sometimes park at the end of the driveway, which makes it difficult for cars to safely use the driveway on the east side of the street. Part of the difficulty is that Beech Street is quite narrow for a local street (24 foot paved width, 40 foot right -of -way). The request would prohibit parking on the west side of the street from across the driveway, south to Bent Avenue. This is intended to solve the problem while working within a couple of constraints. First, prohibiting parking only at the end of the driveway would leave a mid -block parking prohibition that would be relatively unusual. Prohibiting parking to the corner would be more typical and would line up better with drive expectations. Table 1: Parking Restriction Guidelines on Local Streets Street Width Parking Restrictions Less than 17 feet Both Sides All cases 17 to 24 feet One Side (All cases) 25 to 33 feet Valid Petition 34 feet and over None Second, on- street parking capacity is somewhat limited, as it is prohibited on the east side of the street and this is a relatively long block. Making the on- street parking prohibition too lengthy could create capacity issues elsewhere on the street. Parking is permitted on both sides of Bent Avenue near Beech Street, which should help absorb parking that may be displaced due to the reduction in capacity. DEFEATED BY TRAFFIC REVIEW BOARD (0 -6) 0 OYHKOfH ON THE WATER MEMORANDUM TO: Mark A. Rohloff, City Manager FROM: Jim Collins, Transportation Director DATE: April 16, 2014 RE: Explanation of Traffic Regulations Ordinance Changes SECTION 1: SECTION 27A -11 DESIGNATED PARKING RESTRICTIONS A REQUEST FOR 4 -HOUR PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ALGOMA BOULEVARD FROM JACKSON STREET TO 60 FEET EAST OF DAWES STREET BETWEEN 8:00 A.M. AND 6:00 P.M. DAILY EXCEPT WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS. (CURRENT CONDITION: 2 -HOUR PARKING BETWEEN 8:00 A.M. AND 6:00 P.M.) This is a request from the Salvation Army. There is currently 2 -hour parking in this area, and the time limit has not been a problem in the past. However, the Police Department, based on a complaint, has started stricter enforcement. The parking in front of the Salvation Army building is primarily used by volunteers donating their time to assist this organization. There are some volunteers that prepare meals and need to park in excess of 2 hours. The parking demand in this area didn't appear to be that great, and I don't believe a change to 4 -hour parking will have any negative impact. The proposed change will also allow unlimited parking on weekends and holidays, which is consistent with the parking regulations to the west of Dawes Street. PASSED BY TRAFFIC REVIEW BOARD (6 -0) A REQUEST FOR NO PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF CENTRAL STREET FROM TENNESSEE AVENUE TO CUSTER AVENUE. (CURRENT CONDITION: UNRESTRICTED PARKING.) A REQUEST FOR UNRESTRICTED PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF CENTRAL STREET FROM TENNESSEE AVENUE TO NEW YORK AVENUE. (CURRENT CONDITION: 2 -HOUR PARKING FROM NEW YORK AVENUE TO 160 FEET NORTH AND NO PARKING, STOPPING, STANDING, WAITING FROM 160 FEET NORTH OF NEW YORK AVENUE TO TENNESSEE AVENUE.) Page 2 of 4 Explanation of Traffic Ordinance Changes A REQUEST FOR A LOADING ZONE ON THE WEST SIDE OF CENTRAL STREET BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. ON SCHOOL DAYS FROM CUSTER AVENUE TO 91 FEET NORTH OF TENNESSEE AVENUE. (CURRENT CONDITION: NO PARKING.) A REQUEST FOR NO PARKING, STOPPING, STANDING OR WAITING ON THE WEST SIDE OF CENTRAL STREET FROM 91 FEET NORTH OF TENNESSEE AVENUE TO 90 FEET NORTH OF NEW YORK AVENUE. (CURRENT CONDITION: NO PARKING, STOPPING, STANDING OR WAITING FROM 90 FEET NORTH OF NEW YORK AVENUE TO TENNESSEE AVENUE AND NO PARKING FROM TENNESSEE AVENUE TO CUSTER AVENUE.) These are requests from Merrill School. There have been numerous issues at Merrill School with parents attempting to drop -off or pick -up their children before and after school. There currently isn't a designated loading zone and parents are using no parking areas, or double parking to load or unload their students. The Police Department recently ticketed several vehicles due to safety issues, and the parents need a solution to this ongoing problem. There are also some concerns regarding the location of employee parking on Central Street. I have met with the principal and we have developed a plan to alleviate the existing problems. We are proposing to switch the no parking zone north of Tennessee Avenue from the west side of Central Street to the east side, and create a loading zone adjacent to the school grounds, north of Tennessee Avenue. The long term parking on the east side of Central Street, north of Tennessee Avenue will be shifted to the south of Tennessee Avenue. This portion of Central Street was "no parking, stopping, standing, waiting area" and some limited 2 -hour parking. The west side of Central Street from Tennessee Avenue to New York Avenue will remain a no parking, stopping, standing, waiting zone and some limited 2 -hour parking. The Police Department has reviewed the plan and agrees these changes should greatly improve safety in this area. PASSED BY TRAFFIC REVIEW BOARD (6 -0) A REQUEST FOR NO PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COLUMBIA AVENUE FROM HAMILTON STREET TO 30 FEET EAST OF HAMILTON STREET. (CURRENT CONDITION: UNRESTRICTED PARKING.) A REQUEST FOR NO PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF HAMILTON STREET FROM COLUMBIA AVENUE TO 75 FEET NORTH OF COLUMBIA AVENUE. (CURRENT CONDITION: UNRESTRICTED PARKING These items are a request from the City Safety Committee. The main problem in this area is the turning radius for larger vehicles such as fire trucks and sanitation vehicles. A citizen request to ban parking on the west side of Hamilton Page 3 of 4 Explanation of Traffic Ordinance Changes Street was rejected by the Board in May 2012. I don't believe the current request is directly related to the previous problem of long term employee parking. This is a safety issue related to turning movements. It should be noted that it is illegal to park in a T- intersection, and I have posted temporary signs to remove that problem. I am suggesting expansion of the no parking zone on the south side of Columbia Avenue by 30 feet to the east. It was also suggested that parking be removed on the east side of Hamilton Street from Columbia Avenue to 75 feet north for vehicles turning north onto Hamilton Street. The actual number of legal parking spaces being removed is four (4), three (3) on Hamilton Street and one (1) on Columbia Avenue. PASSED BY TRAFFIC REVIEW BOARD (6 -0) A REQUEST FOR A LOADING ZONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MELVIN AVENUE FROM GROVE STREET TO OAK STREET ON SCHOOL DAYS BETWEEN 7:00 A.M. AND 4:00 P.M. (CURRENT CONDITION: UNRESTRICTED PARKING.) A REQUEST FOR NO PARKING. STOPPING, STANDING, WAITING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MELVIN AVENUE FROM HAZEL STREET TO 70 FEET WEST OF HAZEL STREET. (CURRENT CONDITION: UNRESTRICTED PARKING) This is a request from Webster Stanley School. There have been numerous problems reported with the loading and unloading of students on Melvin Avenue by citizens and the Police Department. There is currently no designated area for parents to drop -off or pick -up their children and the problem has created an unsafe situation. I have met with the principal and the Police Department regarding this issue and we reached an agreement to create a loading zone on the south side of Melvin Avenue from Grove Street to Oak Street. This will provide approximately 250 feet of loading area. If this area isn't sufficient to eliminate the problem, the school bus loading zone could be shortened. However, the school didn't want to reduce the bus loading zone until we see if the problem has been resolved by creating a new loading zone. It should also be noted that there is a loading zone on Hazel Street south of Melvin Avenue. A second concern is the parking near the intersection of Melvin Avenue and Hazel Street. The width of Melvin Avenue is 30 feet, and with parking on both sides, there is insufficient space for vehicles to turn off of Hazel Street if there is an eastbound vehicle stopped at the stop sign on Melvin Avenue and vehicles parked on both sides of Melvin Avenue. The removal of parking on the north side of Melvin Avenue for 70 feet should alleviate this problem during congested periods. PASSED BY TRAFFIC REVIEW BOARD (6 -0) A REQUEST FOR NO PARKING, STOPPING, STANDING OR WAITING ON THE WEST SIDE OF WOODSTOCK STREET FROM 428 FEET NORTH OF MONTCLAIR PLACE TO 477 FEET NORTH OF MONTCLAIR PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF Page 4 of 4 Explanation of Traffic Ordinance Changes 7:00 A.M. AND 4:00 P.M. ON SCHOOL DAYS. (NEAR THE WALKING PATH TO CARL TRAEGER SCHOOL). (CURRENT CONDITION: UNRESTRICTED PARKING.) This is a request from a citizen. There is a paved walking path located on Woodstock Street that provides access to Carl Traeger School. The area near the path entrance is heavily used by parents dropping off their children in order to avoid the congestion associated with the drop -off area located on the school grounds. A resident on Woodstock Street reported that parents are parking or loading directly in front of the curb cut and forcing children to climb over snow banks if crossing from the east side of Woodstock Street. This area is essentially a crosswalk and needs to be kept clear of vehicles. It was also stated that loading or unloading in this area was being done in an unsafe manner. The elimination of parked vehicles in this area should improve safety at this location. PASSED BY TRAFFIC REVIEW BOARD (6 -0) A REQUEST FOR 15- MINUTE PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 8TH AVENUE FROM 105 FEET WEST OF OREGON STREET TO 440 FEET WEST OF OREGON STREET BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 A.M. AND 4:00 P.M. ON SCHOOL DAYS. (CURRENT CONDITION: LOADING ZONE.) This is a request from Peace Christian Preschool. There is currently a loading zone on the south side of 8th Avenue for Peace Christian Preschool. The school originally felt the loading zone was the correct type of restriction, but recently the Police Department began ticketing parked vehicles. The problem is that the parents must take the preschool kids into the school and prepare them for classes. This can take up to 15 minutes, which violates the purpose of the loading zone. The state statue (346.53) requires a vehicle be attended by a license driver while engaged in loading or unloading. I am aware that the Board revised the loading zone definitions at the November 2013 meeting, but after talking with the Police Department we would like to take a closer look at the new definitions as they pertain to enforcement. The school believes a 15- minute parking zone between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days would be appropriate for this area. A 15- minute parking zone could also be used by Peace Lutheran Church and the small grocery on the corner of 8th Avenue and Minnesota Street. PASSED BY TRAFFIC REVIEW BOARD (6 -0)