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 City of Plano Code of Ordinances to extend the existing no parking zone along the west side of Puma Road north to Felix 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 Ordinance No. 2023-9-24

Puma Road is a twenty-six-foot-wide L-shaped residential street with Moore Drive on the north end and R Avenue on the south end, which intersects with Felix Drive two hundred fifty feet south of its intersection with Puma Road and Moore Drive.

The Police Department received a request from the Parks Maintenance Supervisor to evaluate the street for large tractor access on Puma Road when a line of parked vehicles occupy each side of the street.

The Transportation Engineering Division reached out to the home owner of 1920 Felix Drive and she supports the extension of the parking restriction along Puma Road.

The Engineering Department recommends an amendment to a certain section of the Code of Ordinances to extend the existing no parking zone along the west side of Puma Road north to Felix Drive, within the city limits of the City of Plano in order to ensure safe passage of emergency vehicles.

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 no parking zones along certain sections of Puma Road supports the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor of Safe, Vibrant Neighborhoods.