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AGENDA BILL APPROVAL FORM
Agenda Subject:Date:
Parking Enforcement Regulations July 29, 2009
Department:Attachments:Budget Impact:
Public Works Ordinance No. 6247
Administrative Recommendation:
City Council introduce and adopt Ordinance No. 6247.
Background Summary:
Ordinance No. 6247 provides for amendment to various code sections and clarifies regulations regarding
parking enforcement and the parameters of streets to which those regulations apply. This Ordinance
also addresses parking restrictions adjacent to traffic islands, and clarifies the definition and parking
restrictions of planting strips, including a sunsetting of the current parking allowance. Fire lane
restrictions area also clarified, as are those for mail boxes and disabled parking. Penalty provisions are
also amended.
By way of history, in November 2008, the Auburn City Council adopted Ordinance No. 6211, which
created a pilot project wherein citizens would be allowed to park on “planting strips” in the City. A planting
strip was initially defined as follows:
“For streets with curb and gutter, the area between the curb and the adjoining property line, exclusive of
any sidewalk or pedestrian trail present. For streets with a rolled curb or no curb, Planting Strip means
the area between the edge of the pavement and any sidewalk or pedestrian trail present, or if no such
sidewalk or trail is present, the area between the edge of the pavement and the adjoining property line.”
Ordinance No. 6211 was intended to give citizens the opportunity to park on planting strips (as then
defined) and for them to then give comments to the City Council regarding the feasibility of this parking
solution. That Ordinance contained an initial sunset date of April 30, 2009. After that date, parking on
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Reviewed by Council & Committees:Reviewed by Departments & Divisions:
Arts Commission COUNCIL COMMITTEES: Building M&O
Airport Finance Cemetery Mayor
Hearing Examiner Municipal Serv. Finance Parks
Human Services Planning & CD Fire Planning
Park Board Public Works LegalPolice
Planning Comm. OtherPublic Works Human Resources
Information Services
Action:
Committee Approval: Yes No
Council Approval: Yes NoCall for Public Hearing___/___/____
Referred to _________________________________ Until ____/___/____
Tabled ______________________________________ Until___/___/____
Councilmember:Staff:
Cerino Dowdy
Meeting Date:ItemNumber:
August 3, 2009 VIII.A.1
Agenda Subject:Date:
Ordinance No. 6247 July 29, 2009
landscape strips would have been prohibited unless the City Council took further action. On Aril 20,
2009, Ordinance No. 6237 was adopted, which extended the original sunset date of April 30, 2009 to
August 31, 2009. Ordinance no. 6247 merely incorporates the same sunset date that was extended by
Ordinance No. 6237.
Public Works staff reported to the Public Works Committee on July 6, 2009, regarding the citizen
comments received related to planting strip parking. The Public Works Committee asked staff to do
further research in this matter and report back to it on August 3, 2009. Unless the City Council takes
further or different action based on staffs’ report, parking on planting strips will be prohibited after August
31, 2009.
The current proposed version of Ordinance No. 6247 would extent the test period to October 31, 2009
and thereafter would allow parking in planting strip in the residential areas of the city above the Valley
Floor – where parking is more limited. Thus, citizens would be able to park in graveled and/or impervious
areas as long as they are not violating any other section of the parking code (not impeding vehicular or
pedestrian traffic, etc.).
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