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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-08-14 00-307 ORDINANCECouncil Action Date:]4:)2000 Item No, 00-307 hdga35. Item//Subject: Chapter 291, Article DI, Schedule W, of Ne Code of the City of Bangor -Resident Parking by Permit Only -French St. Responsible Department: Police Deparmrrnt aR.(A+.ee..✓ Depatdme ad Manager's Commends: Cr E 17 �r,pmero.ndA City Manager Associated information: Ms ,(74wr.wt Finance Director iutrodaced for Passage First Readiog� Referral do UiD Aeei®ned to cuwaur Baldacc3 August 14. 2000 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) (Drynt = Amendine Chanter 191, AreiclelBff, Schedule"o(the Cadeof Me ONofBan ror—Res7'deelPa ne3v t• FS<—"—�'—'—' Be it ordained by W Citg C ;2VArficl3 Sche7le XVuherMyamendedthrough the addition ofehe following: Area Na 3: French St..— Both sides ofRrench St. in Me black between Cumberland St. and Garland St. IM CITY COOMM August Ea, 2000 First Reading Yeferfed to C'& Committee. ^ IR CITY COUNCIL August 28, 2000 Melia for Passage Made and Seconded Residents of French Street ob]ected to the $10 peinft fee Foil requested that the far not he charged. With parklag still allowed ad both aides of the street, ose resident felt that the Problem of clear passage for emrcagency vehicles would still not be solved. - Motion to Amend and Seconded Motion Insulted Motin Ritharaw Direction given to staff to eliminate the $IO permit far for all Resident Parking by Permit Only areas Vote ou Notion for Passage: 9 yes Counsellors voting yea, Aobe, Baldacci, B1adebette. Cronley. Farnhau. Palmer, Reborn, Tremble d Fardents Passed _ U CITY ClEWK 00-30) ORDINANCE ( TITLE,) A--1ng I'h=nee. 991. Schedule W of the Cade of the Cityofheader - arR�n�iStreet (First Sending - Referred to Call) Committee Meetlnv - 081231M - 5 p.m.) n Annip^red ins Q%lIC((MR Ordinance Change Background Sheet Residential Permit Parking French St — Cumberland St. to Garland St. The Police Dept. recently outer aended to the council that on -sheet parking on French St. between Cumberland St. and Garland St. be restricted Or one side only. when the Community and Fcommic Development Committee reviewed the proposed change, T was derided to try paperwork ban been parking rather Nan connoting parking W one side. The appropriate paperwork hat been prepared end accompanles this shcet. The original intent in restricting packing Or one aide of French St. was to make the madway more accessible m emergency, vehicles and regcar traffic, while the overall number of cars parked on this block will invariably be reduced, the original concern about cars being parked on both sides of the sheet, thereby reducing it On one lane, will continue. It is, however, unlikely that the police dept. will recommend any father changes to this block since Use will be some benefit to Ne reduced level of parking. It will remain N be seen whether the reduction will be sufficient to create an acceptable traffic Flow pattern. If Ne amendment to Schedule XV is passed, the following process will begin: 1. Residents whose property abuts Ne strcet will receive a letter indicating the location ofthe'tesidents only" cone and the procedures for obtaining a permit. 2. Signs will be posted in the affected area restricting puking from 8:00 am. to 5:00 pm. weekdays, incepting holidays, m vehicles which display the proper resident parking permit. 3. Applications for permits will be accepted from maiden%with a$10.00 fee charged for one resident permit and up to two visitor pemdts. The current ordinance, which now covers only the Montgomery SL —Grant St. area and the upper end of Hancock SL, is scheduled to attract on November 1, 2000. Should this proposal for French St. be enacted, the police dept. would strongly encourage that Nese two zones; not be included on Schedule XV in any extension of the ordinance. The reasons fix their existence in the firstplace have ceased to be a problem and it serves no propose to continue erd'orcement in Nose locations. The police dept. bus, in the past, expressed little enthusiasm for residential permit parking zones. wlvle this area would be a more appropriate use of Us type of regulation than the two existing zones, it only partially tackles the original problem of public safety. The police dept. continues to feel Nat the beat solution, at least from a Public safety aspect, is the restriction of parking on French St. to only one side. Should [Iris addition at schedule XV be passed, it should be designated as "Area N3".