Admin Order 58-13-10 (with amendment 58-20-14)

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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-13-10 of the Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene . REMOVING ON-STREET PARKING FROM THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH WILLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN 20 1h AND 23rct STREETS AND REMOVING PARKING FROM THE EAST SIDE OF OAK STREET BETWEEN 19TH AND 20TH STREETS AND REMOVING THE LEFT TURN ONLY LANE ON WILLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN 17TH AND 18TH STREETS AND PROVIDNG A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. The Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Section 2.019 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (EC) authorizes the City Manager or the Manager's designee to adopt rules deemed necessary for the administration and enforcement of provisions of the Eugene Code. In addition, EC 5.040 authorizes the City Manager or the Manager's designee to take administrative action establishing parking area time limitations, including the form of permissible parking, and imposing conditions upon which the streets and other public property may be used for parking. EC 5.040 also authorizes the City Manager or the Manager's designee to take administrative action designating direction of traffic flow, alter traffic control devices and control intersection channelization. EC 5.055 sets forth the criteria the City Manager or the City Manager's designee should consider when taking administrative action authorized by EC 5.040. B. By Administrative Order No. 58-00-29, the City Manager appointed me as the City's Traffic Engineer and delegated to me authority to exercise all duties and responsibilities granted to the City Manager by EC 5.040, 5.050, 7.450 and 7.410. C. In making the decision to remove parking from the west side of South Willamette Street from 20th to 23rd and the east side of Oak Street from 19th to 20th, and in making the decision to remove the left tum only lane from S. Willamette between 1 ih and 18th, I considered all of the applicable criteria set forth in EC 5.055. Based on the applicable criteria set forth in EC 5.055, the following findings support my decision to remove parking and the right tum only lane from the referenced locations: 1. By Resolution 4608, the City Council adopted the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways which includes travel lanes and bike lanes as standard features of Minor Arterial streets. Parking is an optional feature on Minor Arterials. By Ordinance No. 20181, the City Council adopted the Administrative Order --Page 1 of 4