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5. Ordinance 1640 - Heritage Way Parking Restrictions - 1st ReadingChaves A. Harball Office of City Attorney City Attorney 201 First Avenue Fast P.O. Box 1997 Kalispell, MT 59903-1997 TO* Mayor Pamela B. Kennedy and Kalispell City Council FROM: Charles harball, City Attorney James H. Patrick, City Manager Tel 406.758.7977 Fax 406.758.7979 charball@kalispell..com SUBJECT: Ordinance 1040 - Parking on Heritage way — First Reading MEETING DATE: Monday, June 2, 2008 — Regular .Meeting BACKGROUND: The City was approached by Jinn. Oliverson. at Kalispell Regional Medical Center with an inquiry about whether or not parking was permitted on Heritage way. This city street is 40 feet wide, curb to curb, and otherwise meets the requirements of parking on both sides of the street. Fred Zavodny, Project Manager, from the City Department of Public works conducted a site study of the street and made recommendations for parking along this street. heritage way has a sharp reverse curve, three limited visibility driveway approaches, and a right turn merge Zone within 480 feet of the intersection of Sunnyview Dane in which street parking would cause unreasonable danger to vehicular traffic. Mr. Zavodny therefore recommends that vehicular parking be prohibited on either side of the street on Heritage way beginning at the intersection of Heritage way and Sunnyview Dane and continuing 480 feet along Heritage way. RECOMMENDATION: The City staff recommends that the street be marked and signed for parking (and no parking) as suggested by Mr. Zavodny. This will provide more available parking to this area and still alloy for the necessary public safety on Heritage Way. FISCAL EFFECTS: Cost of signage and street marking only. Respectfully submi Charles Harity Attorney mes H. Patrick, City Manager ORDINANCE NO. 1640 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 17-54, KALISPELL CITY CODE, PROHIBITING VEHICULAR. PARKING ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET ON HERITAGE WAY BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HERITAGE WAY AND SUNNYVIEW LANE AND CONTINUING 480 FEET ALONG HERITAGE WAY AND DIRECTING THE PLACEMENT OF APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE THEREFORE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, WHEREAS, Heritage way is a city street of appropriate width that would normally allow legal parking along both sides of the street; and WHEREAS, Heritage way has a sharp reverse curve, three limited visibility driveway approaches, and a right turn merge zone within 480 feet of the intersection of Sunnyview Lane in which street parking would cause unreasonable danger to vehicular traffic; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of traffic safety that vehicular parking be prohibited on either side of the street on Heritage way beginning at the intersection of Heritage way and Sunnyview Lane and continuing 480 feet along Heritage way. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Section .7-54 of the Kalispell City Code is hereby amended to add a paragraph DD to read as follows.- "DD. Heritage way. Vehicular parking is prohibited on either side of the street on Heritage way beginning at the intersection of Heritage way and Sunnyview Lane and continuing 480 feet along Heritage Way." SECTION II. The Police Chief is directed to have the appropriate signage placed at each of the above -described locations. SECTION III. All other portions of Section I7--54, Kalispell City Code, shall remain unchanged. SECTION IV.This Ordinance shall take effect from and after 30 days of its passage by the City Council. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF TI~-iE CITY OF KALISPELL THIS DAY OF JUNE, 2008. ATTEST: Theresa White City Clerk Pamela B. Kennedy Mayor Cl*ty of Post Office Box 1997, Kalispell, Montana 59903--c Works Department 997 - `re epha ne 0)�T58-i? o, Fax 406)75$-7831 n ... To: Roger Nasset, Chief of Police FROM: Jaynes C. Hansz, P.E., Director of Public works I City I SUBJECT: Parking Recommendation — Heritage way DATE: 16 Novem be r 2 007 Fred Zavodny has been working with KRMC to identify a partial solution to on --going parking issues around the hospital. This effort has moved in the direction of potentially allowing parking on Heritage Way. Fred's report is attached for your reference. From Fred's research, there appear to be no impediments to this; there are no prohibitions in the records for the development, no ordinances that prevent parking, and no signs. it, parking on the street, simply has not been done. We are not sure why nobody parks there, but they do not. Perhaps they simply believe it to be illegal. After surveying the area, Fred has identified an area on Heritage way, from the Sunnyview Lane intersection for a distance of 480', within which parking would be unsafe. He and the hospital agree that this area should be signed off for no parking to ensure safety. This would require an amendment of the City's parking ordinance to include this stretch of Heritage Way so that your officers can enforce the parking restriction. As on past occasions, we are prepared to install the necessary signs and will paint the curb yellow when weather permits. would you please review this suggested change with your officers and if you see any problems let me or Fred know. If there are no problems, can you coordinate the necessary ordinance amendment with the City Attorney? Once this is done we can install the needed signs. memo0312007.doc MEMORANDUM November 15, 2007 To: James Hansz PE, Director of Public 'works/City Engineer Frank Castles PE, Deputy Publi works Director/Assistant City Engineer From: Fred zavodny, Proj ecf Re: Heritage way Parking At a recent staff meeting conducted by Jim Oliverson at Kalispell Regional Medical Center, hospital employees inquired if parking is permitted on Heritage way. when the hospital lots are full they would like to park on Heritage way. None of the hospital staff can recall ever seeing any vehicles parked on Heritage way so they were not sure if parking was permitted. Jim Oliverson contacted me and asked if it was permissible to park on Heritage way. It was a question that I could not immediately answer. I researched the Buffalo Commons development documents, plats, surveys, compliance narratives, and the SID documents and could not find any parking restrictions on Heritage way. The answer is parking is permitted on Heritage Way. Subsequent site visits with Jim Oliverson and Jerry Diegel revealed that parking on Heritage Way in the vicinity of the approach to Sunnyview Lane would create serious safety issues. There is a sharp reverse curve, three limited visibility driveway approaches, and a right turn merge zone that are difficult to navigate without any vehicles parked. Parking should not be permitted in this area. This area is highlighted on attached map. Currently vehicles can legally park anywhere on Heritage Way. I am recommending the City sign Heritage Way a distance of 480 feet from the intersection with Sunnyview Dane a No Parking zone. Parking beyond this distance does not pose any safety issues at this time.