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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-10-04; Traffic Safety Commission; ; Consider an on-street parking time restriction on both sides of Paseo Del Norte from the entrance/exit gate of Sea Cliff northerly to Poinsettia Lane, 1 I I I ._ I CTIY OF CARLSBAD TRAFFIC SAFE1Y COMMISSION Sf AFF REPORT COMMISSION MEETING OF: October 4, 1993 ITEM NO. 6A LOCATION: Paseo Del Norte between Poinsettia Lane and entrance/exit gate to the Sea Cliff residential area. INITIATED BY: Mayor Lewis REQUESfED ACTION: Consider an on-street parking time restriction on both sides of Paseo Del Norte from the entrance/exit gate of Sea Cliff northerly to Poinsettia Lane. BACKGROUND: DATA: Paseo Del Norte (PON) is constructed with a 40-foot curb to curb width between Poinsettia Lane and northerly of the entrance/exit gate to the Sea Cliff community, a private development located south of Poinsettia Lane. Red curb has been painted on both sides of Paseo Del Norte at the gate as indicated on Exhibit 1. The remaining portion of PON from the red curb northerly to Poinsettia Lane is sufficiently wide to facilitate on-street parking on both sides of the street as currently exists. Mayor Lewis has received requests from Sea Cliff homeowners that a time restriction for on-street parking be established on the subject road segment. A parking restriction was discussed at the December 7, 1992 Traffic Safety Commission meeting. The Commission recommended by a 3-0 vote that a NO PARKING restriction not be implemented on the east side of Paseo Del Norte south of Poinsettia Lane. In the past, staff also has received requests from individuals living in Sea Cliff to implement a parking restriction on PON between Poinsettia Lane and the Sea Cliff exit/ entrance gate. Reasons cited for the request have included: 1. Unsightly or large vehicles (RV's) park on the street. 2. Blockage of views. 3. Car pools use the street as a daily park and ride lot. 4. Used as an area for vehicle oil changes. 5. Used as an area for vehicle repairs. CllY OF CARLSBAD TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION SfAFF REPORT COMMISSION MEETING OF: (Continued) October 4, 1993 ITEM NO. 6A The subject segment of Paseo Del Norte is sufficiently wide ( 40') to allow legal parking on both sides of the street. The road segment has an average daily traffic volume of approximately 1,500 vehicles. In the last five years there have been no reported traffic collisions on this short portion of Paseo Del Norte located south of Poinsettia Lane. On different occasions staff has observed the number of vehicles being parked on Paseo Del Norte on a random basis. Recent observations have indicated no severe congestion, parking problems or safety problems being noted. The number of parked vehicles vary on a daily basis, with up to nine vehicles observed on one side of the street on one occasion. Several options are available regarding the request as noted below. 1. Deny the request. Parking would be allowed on both sides of the street for a maximum time duration of 72-hours as currently exists. 2. Limit parking on both sides to certain hours. For instance, restrict parking Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M . 3. Establish a time duration for on-street parking such as a one-hour or two-hour duration. This time duration could be applicable during certain times of the day such as indicated in Option 2 above. If a parking restriction is implemented drivers may choose to park their vehicles in other locations. For instance, vehicles might be parked northerly of Poinsettia Lane on Paseo Del Norte. That segment of road also has resulted in complaints to staff because of parked vehicles. Similar requests for parking restrictions along Paseo Del Norte northerly of Poinsettia Lane may be initiated if a restriction is implemented south of Poinsettia Lane. However, any restriction considered at this time could be extended northerly of Poinsettia Lane to Camino De Los Ondas, for instance, to prevent vehicles from moving the potential parking problem issue from one location to another. Emergency vehicle response time is not negatively impacted by parked vehicles due to the road being sufficiently wide for parked vehicles on both sides. Staff has consistently recommended that parking restrictions not be established on public streets for aesthetic or personal reasons. Only when traffic safety issues are apparent does staff recommend a parking restriction. Staff has not observed safety issues associated with parked vehicles at the subject location. Other problems cited by residents have not been observed by staff but most likely have occurred on . occas10n. CTIY OF CARLSBAD TRAFFIC SAFElY COMMISSION STAFF REPORT COMMISSION MEETING OF: (Continued) October 4, 1993 ITEM NO. 6A Implementing a time limit parking restriction would require continuous police enforcement to be effective. Unfortunately, enforcement manpower is limited and continuous enforcement cannot be provided by the Carlsbad Police Department. A one-hour or two-hour time duration would have the most severe impact to enforcement ability due to limited Police Department resources to monitor parking violations at this location and others throughout Carlsbad. RECOMMENDATION: The Traffic Safety Coordinating Committee recommends that the request for parking restrictions on Paseo Del Norte between Poinsettia Lane and the Sea Cliff gate be denied. NECESSARY CTIY COUNCIL ACTION: Upon receiving a recommendation from the Traffic Safety Commission this matter will be scheduled for consideration by the City Council. LOCATION MAP POINSETTIA LANE 3 3 5 ' LEGEND ~EXISTING RED CURB ~RAISED MED IAN _J w 0 335' LOCATION: PASEO DEL NORTE REQUESTED ON STREET PARKING TIME LIMIT RES TRICTION POINSETTIA LANE TO SEA CLIFF DEVE LOPMENT EXHIBIT 1