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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2767 Eight-Hour and Two-Hour Parking on Calhoun Street - No Parking from Ferry Terminal to Kearney StreetORDINANCE NO. 2767 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TO ADD SECTION 10.04.192 ESTABLISHING EIGHT- HOUR PARKING ON CALHOUN STREET BETWEEN WATER AND FRONT STREETS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE STREET, AMEND SECTION 10.04.190 ADDING CALHOUN STREET BETWEEN WATER AND FRONT STREETS ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE STREET TO THE TWO HOUR PARKING LOCATIONS IN THE CITY, AND AMEND SECTION 10.04.202 ADDING A NO PARKING ZONE ON SR20 FROM THE FERRY TERMINAL TO KEARNEY STREET WHEREAS, Sims Way (SR20) along the Bluff Corridor (Washington Street to the ferry terminal) has limited pavement width and currently has inadequate shoulder width on the north side of the road to accommodate bicycles and on the south side of the road to accommodate both parked vehicles and bicycles; and WHEREAS, City Council has previously deliberated this matter at council study sessions and a council business session and directed the City staff to provide alternatives with respect to parking on SR 20 between the ferry dock and Keamey Street taking into account safety, business and residential parking, efficient management of ferry traffic, and non-motorized transportation impacts; and WHEREAS, eliminating parking on this section of SR 20 would allow for correct line-of-sight distances for pedestrian and vehicular traffic transiting the area, safer bicycle passage, and improve the efficiency of ferry traffic management during peak traffic periods; and WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is completing a pavement overlay project in the summer 2001 and as part of that roadway work they will be restriping the lanes along this corridor to widen the shoulder area on the north side of the roadway; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend ordains as follows: SECTION 1. Add 10.04.192 Eight Hour Parking It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park any motor vehicle continuously at the same place for more than eight hours on the following described streets: a. Calhoun Street between Water Street and Front Street on the southwest side of the street Page 1 Ordinance 2767 SECTION 2. Amend 10.04.190 Two Hour Parking (add) M. Calhoun Street between Water Street and Front Street on the northeast side of the street. SECTION 3. Amend 10.04.202 No Parking (add) c. No parking shall be permitted at any time on SR20 from the ferry terminal to Kearney Street, unless making authorized deliveries in the designated loading zone between Benton and Pierce Streets. ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend at a regular meeting thereof, held this 4th day of June, 2001. ~sci, Mayor Attest: Pamela Kolacy, City Clerk Approved as to form: John Watts, City Attorney Page 2 Ordinance 2767