HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-02-23 15-095 ORDINANCECOUNCIL ACTION
Item No. 15-095
Date: February 23, 2015
Item/Subject: ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 291, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the
City of Bangor, By Prohibiting Parking Immediately Next to Driveways
Responsible Department: Legal
Commentary:
This ordinance would prohibit cars parked on the street from encroaching on driveways.
In certain areas of the City, driving into and out of driveways can be difficult due to the
proximity to driveways of vehicles parked along the street. The vehicles sometimes block
visibility or make maneuvering in and out of the driveways difficult. State and City laws prevent
actual blocking of driveways, but do not adequately address visibility and maneuvering issues.
Current laws also do not allow the City to have a car that is blocking a driveway towed.
The attached ordinance would create a buffer area at the mouth of each driveway, giving those
entering and exiting driveways visibility and room to maneuver. Each driveway would have ten
feet to either side of the driveway's centerline for which on -street parking would be prohibited;
for instance, for a ten foot wide driveway, this would translate to five feet on either side of the
driveway. The ordinance would also allow the City to tow a vehicle that is physically preventing
another vehicle from entering or exiting a driveway.
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Manager's Comments:
City Manager
Associated Information: Ordinance
Budget Approval:
Finance Director
Legal Approval:
Solicitor
Introduced for
Passage
x First Reading
x Referral to Government Operations Committee on March 2, 2015
15-095
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
r Assigned to Councilor Civiello
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CITY OF BANGOR
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ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 291, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the City of Bangor, By
Prohibiting Parking Immediately Next to Driveways
WHEREAS, parked cars sometimes encroach upon driveways, making it difficult for those entering
and exiting driveways to do so in a safe manner;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CM COUNCIL OF THE CITY' OF BANGOR AS FOLLOWS, THAT
Chapter 291 of the Code of the City of Bangor be amended as follows:
§ 291-38. Parking prohibited at all times.
A. It shall be unlawful and in violation of this article for any person:
(3) Parking prohibited in driveway on sidewalks and esplanades. To step,
Banger era stop, stand or park a vehicle on any portion or part of a public sidewalk or
esplanade, except for temporary overflow parking at the Municipal Golf Course on the
esplanade between Webster Avenue and the existing parking lot and on designated portions of
the golf course property located south of Webster Avenue and west of the Bangor Hydro
Substation.
W Parking hi i d near hveway5.
Ua To stork, stand or park a vehicle on a street within 10 feet of the point where the centerline
of a driveway meets the paved portion of a street.
U To stop, stand or Rark a vehicle so a to interfere with or hinder the ingress or egress to or
from a driveway. A vehicle in violation of this subsection 291-38 A 4 b may, at the option
of any City of Bangor Police Officer or other City employee authorized to enforce this
subsection, be removed and storgd until all waiver fees established u u nt to this article
f r all outstanding notices of violation and p1sro the imQoundment. storage and other
char es authorized under this article have been Raid. Upon the removal and storage of
such a vehicle. the Citv shall follow the procedure outlined in & 291-46(C) throuah & 291 -
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(4-5) Parking prohibited at all times - Schedule I. In addition to the foregoing Subsection A(1)
through 044), to stop, stand or park a vehicle on the streets or portions of streets duly marked
or posted and which are described or specified in Schedule I.
Additions are underlined, deletions stmek thmugh.
IN CITY COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO GOVERNMENT OPERATINS COMMITTEE
MEETING ON MARCH 2, 2015
CITY CLERYr
IN CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 9, 2015
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED FOR PASSAGE
VOTE:? -1
COUNCILORS VOTING YES: BALDACCI, CIVIELLO, FAIRCLOTH,GRAHAM,
NEALLEY,PLOURDE, DURGIN
COUNCILORS VOTING NO: BLANCHETTE
PASSED
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CITY CLERK