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Home My WebLink About4.10 Dougherty Road 3-Hour Parking Zone CITY CLERK File # D[5]~[Q]-m AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: September 19,2006 SUBJECT: Establishment of 3-Hour Parking Zone on Dougherty Road Report Prepared by: Ray Kuzbari, Traffic Engineer ATTACHMENTS: 1) 2) Resolution Letter received August 11, 2006, from owner of Kahler's Porsche-Mercedes-BMW Service & Parts (Kahler's) Location Diagram 3) RECOMMENDATION: . I ~doPt the Resolution approving the establishment of 68 3-hour parking zone at 6117 Dougherty Road feet of I I FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Sufficient funds are budgeted in the Street Maintenance Operating Budget to cover the cost of curb painting and sign posting. DESCRIPTION: The City received a request from the owner of Kahler's at 6117 Dougherty Road to prohibit on-street parking on Dougherty Road and on Houston Place in the vicinity of Kahler's between the hours of7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. (Attachment 2). Mr. Kahler made this request in an effort to prevent vehicles from parking in this area for extended periods of time, including people who park at this location to store their vehicles, BART riders, and others. The Traffic Safety Committee (TSC) and Public Works Staff reviewed this request and determined that parking restrictions in commercial areas are typically implemented during daytime hours where parking utilization can be maximized based on demand. For example, current parking restrictions in Dublin are in effect during daytime hours and lifted overnight. As a result, the TSC suggested an alternative measure to Mr. Kahler's request by proposing a 3-hour parking zone on Dougherty Road in front of Kahler's during daytime business hours. This measure will prevent BART riders from parking in this area where parking spaces are most needed to support adjacent businesses Mr. Kahler accepted the TSC proposal to provide a 3-hour parking zone on Dougherty Road in front of his business and requested that this restriction be made effective between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 COPY TO: Mr. Denny Kahler ITEM NO. 4: (0 Page 1 of2 G: ITRAFFIC\Limited Parkinglagst-3-hour zone on dougherty rd.doc p.m., except on Saturday, Sunday and holidays. City Staff reviewed this request and feels that it is reasonable. The space available for the proposed 3-hour parking zone on Dougherty Road in front of Kahler's is 68 feet, as measured by Staff (Attachment 3). Staff contacted the owner of Quality Tune-Up at 6053 and 6055 Dougherty Road, located immediately south of Kahler's, to see if there was any interest in establishing the same parking restriction in front of this business, as it shares an uninterrupted stretch of street curb with Kahler's along Dougherty Road. The owner of Quality Tune-Up was not interested in restricting on-street parking in front of this business, but was not opposed to the proposed parking restriction in front of Kahler's. If approved by the City Council, the proposed 3-hour parking zone will be implemented by painting the 68- foot curb green and erecting signs posting the days and hours of the parking restriction. When Dougherty Road is ultimately widened to six lanes, which is anticipated within the next ten years, it is expected that on-street parking will be prohibited on both sides of Dougherty Road in order to accommodate six lanes of travel within the available right-of-way. When this widening is implemented in the future, the 3-hour parking restriction at this location will likely be removed. The item would be deleted from the City's Traffic Code and replaced with a "No Parking" designation. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the Resolution approving the establishment of 68 feet of 3-hour parking zone at 6117 Dougherty Road. Page 2 of2 ! vf6 RESOLUTION NO. - 06 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN ********* APPROVING 3-HOUR PARKING ZONE ON DOUGHERTY ROAD Pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.04.270 of the City of Dublin Municipal Code, the City Council ofthe City of Dublin does hereby RESOLVE as follows: Section 1: A sixty-eight (68) foot 3-hour parking zone (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays Excepted), indicated by green curb and sign posting, shall be established on the easterly curbline of Dougherty Road, from a point 17 feet south of the southerly curb line of Houston Place, south a distance of 68 feet, fronting the property at 6117 Dougherty Road. Section 2: Said limited parking zone shall be incorporated into Section 6.32.055 Three Hour Parking, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays Excepted of the City of Dublin Traffic Code. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of September, 2006. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk G:ITRAFFICILimited Parkinglreso-3-hour zone on dougherty rd. doc if.; ATTACHMENT I. ) ., r J tI (6 '>:. ~ Public works, City of Dublin, Attention, Ray Kuzbari, We have a problem and propose a cure for what has become a severe and unsightly situation at the corner of Dougherty Road and Houston Place. The problem is abandoned cars, trucks, trailers and now hazardous waste. Some of these vehicles are from a repair shop located on Dougherty Road, some are from BART riders, some from businesses that use their vehicles for advertising purposes and others from valley residents that just need a place to store their trucks, trailers or motor homes. There are currently vehicles parked that have not moved for over 6 weeks. This creates an unsightly and dirty street as the street sweeper cannot properly complete its task. These unattended vehicles consume available parking for the residents of the apartment complex to the north and my business property located at the corner of Dougherty and Houston. The third page contains a picture of a battery next to a pylon in a gutter located at the lot behind us. This battery is from a car left unattended for over one month. It was left in the gutter after the new battery was installed in the vehicle. I saw two people transport a battery to the vehicle one afternoon but did not realize the old battery was dumped curbside until I drove down Houston at the end of the business day. We are an Alameda County Green Business and dumped hazardous waste is just not acceptable. My proposed cure: Install no parking signs for the hours of 7PM to 6Ai\1. These would be most effective if placed along Dougherty from Sierra to Houston and also at least down the first 200 feet of Houston. The remainder of Houston could be posted no parking over 72 hours in addition to the no parking vehicles over 20 feet signs that are currently in place. As I wrote this letter three of the vehicles pictured have been red tagged by the Dublin Police Department. Also one has been removed. This has been an ongoing problem for the Police Department. Feel free to contact me at any time to discuss this matter. ~ Thank Y , Denny Kahler Kahler's 6117 Dougherty Road Dublin, Ca. 94568 925 829-2050 Attached 3 pages of pictures of vehicles and approximate amount of time they have not been moved. Third page is of dumped battery. ATTACllUT z. 30/6 BOIff'11-tJ'G~ ~~ ~. ~~~~~ ~ .~~ ~J-;L:~J--~~ ~ ~ ~ --"Y" (P L-/ a~ b r ,../0 6 o Proposed "3-Hour Parking" Zone on Dougherty Road 6('(6 . . 6if~~. ~ f,"""'~ . " ~ . - i_ l' " ;/ I 1 I Location Diagram Parcels o 50 Q ATTACHMENT 3. 100 200 Feet Proposed limited Parking Zone