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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO |
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| | | | | | | | | MEETING DATE: | 5/24/2021 | | DEPARTMENT: | Engineering-Transportation | | DIRECTOR: | B. Caleb Thornhill, P.E., Director of Engineering | | AGENDA ITEM: | Ordinance to prohibit parking on a portion of Creekcove Drive | | RECOMMENDED ACTION: | Adoption of Ordinances |
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| | | | | | | | ITEM SUMMARY Ordinance No. 2021-5-15: To amend Section 12-101, Prohibited on certain streets at all times, of Article V, Stopping, Standing and Parking, Chapter 12, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Plano, Texas to establish a no parking zone on certain sections of Creekcove Drive, within the city limits of the City of Plano; and providing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a severability clause, a savings clause, a publication clause, and an effective date. Adopted |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND A citizen who resides in the North Estates neighborhood reached out to Transportation Engineering Division with a concern with parked vehicles along both sides of Creekcove Drive near its intersection with Jupiter Road.
Creekcove Drive is a 26 feet wide residential street with rear-entry residences abutting both sides of the roadway. When vehicles are parked on both sides of the street, it only leaves one lane for through traffic and impedes the line of sight for egress and ingress at the intersection with Jupiter Road.
Staff reached out to the homeowners at the southeast (2400 Creekcove Drive) and the northeast (2401 Creekcove Drive) corners of the intersection, both of which indicated support for prohibiting a portion of their frontage subject to leaving a single-vehicle length on either side to allow the homeowners to park their vehicles.
Transportation Engineering Division supports the proposed parking restrictions and recommends amending the Codes of Ordinances to establish a no parking zone on both sides of Creekcove Drive near its intersection with Jupiter Road to improve safety and flow of traffic in the community. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL SUMMARY/STRATEGIC GOALS This item may impact revenue collected from parking fines due to the implementation of parking restrictions; however, the exact change in revenue is indeterminable and will have minimal impact on the General Fund budget.
Approval of this item to establish parking restrictions along certain sections of Creekcove Drive supports the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor of Safe, Vibrant Neighborhoods. |
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