Admin Order 58-22-01 -- On-Street Parking on East 4th Ave

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Administrative Order -- Page 5 of 7 (i) The physical condition and characteristics of the street and abutting property. i. The portion of East 4th Avenue between Pearl Street and High Street is classified as a Major Collector street with a speed limit of 25 miles per hour. The street segment is approximately 44 feet wide with parking on both sides of the street, 5 foot wide bike lanes in each direction, and 10 foot wide travel lanes in each direction in a commercial area. ii. Abutting properties include 1.5 story office buildings and asphalt surface parking lots. (j) Emergencies. i. Emergency service vehicles are accommodated through bi-directional travel on East 4th Avenue. Removal of parking will provide additional room for travel and deployment of emergency vehicles. ii. East 4th Avenue between Pearl Street and High Street is not designated as an ice or snow route. (k) The public health, safety and welfare. Provision of bike lanes, including door zone buffers, enables people to use bicycles for transportation safely and efficiently, supports a multi-modal transportation network, and supports the health, safety, and welfare of the traveling public. (l) Special events of community interest including parades and public gatherings. East 4th Avenue is not generally used as a parade route or to stage public gatherings. Events do occur on 5th Avenue, one block to the south. (m) Construction within or adjacent to the street. i. A street reconstruction project will pave East 4th Avenue from Pearl Street to Coburg Road. The pavement project provides an opportunity to implement complete street features consistent with city standards. ii. Construction adjacent to East 4th Avenue includes development of the Downtown Riverfront. That project is adding parking on-site and to the south side of East 4th Avenue adjacent to the development site. (n) When establishing conditions upon the use of parking in the public way and city-owned parking facilities: (1) Applicable and appropriate time limits; i. 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. ii. Parking on the north side of East 4th Avenue is exiting for 2-hour parking (Monday- Friday) which is sufficient for adjacent land uses where customer turnover is