Admin Order 58-22-37 -- On-Street Parking on Conger 5th to 11th

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Administrative Order -- Page 2 of 6 (a) Traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations. i. Classification - The portion of Conger Street between W 5th Avenue and W 11th Avenue as shown in Exhibit A is classified as a local street with a speed limit of 25 miles per hour. The street segment is approximately 42 feet wide with parking both sides of the street, allowing approximately 28 feet of roadway for two-way travel in a commercial business area. Between W 5th Avenue and W 7th Place, a single sidewalk section is present on the west side of the street segment beginning approximately 340 feet south of the intersection with W 5th Avenue and heading south approximately 56 feet. Beginning at the intersection with W 7th Place and ending at W 10th Place, sidewalks are present on the west side of the street. Sidewalks resume on the west side of the street approximately 144 feet south of W 10th Place, continuing to the intersection with W 11th Avenue. On the eastern side of the street segment between W 7th Place and W 11th Avenue, sidewalks are present beginning approximately 410 feet south of the intersection between Conger Street and W 7th Place and continuing approximately 190 feet south. ii. Vehicle Crashes - There were sixteen motor vehicle crashes reported between 2007 and 2020 on the portion of Commerce Street north of W 11th Avenue (one with suspected minor injury, four with possible injury, and nine with property damage only). (b) Standards, limitations, and rules promulgated by the Oregon Transportation Commission or the Oregon Public Utility Commission or their successors. There are no such standards, limitations or rules that apply. (c) Other recognized traffic control standards. The City will apply the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for size, type and location for sign installation. (d) The city’s adopted transportation-related plans and policies. The City’s 2035 Transportation System Plan does not include any policies that specifically relate to the provision or removal of on-street parking in commercial / industrial areas. Roadway and Parking Policy No. 1 a “Complete Streets Policy,” is to “Design, construct, maintain, and operate all streets to provide comprehensive and integrated transportation networks that serve people of all ages and abilities, promote commerce, and support the comprehensive land use plan’s vision for growth and development in a responsible and efficient manner. A “complete street” allows safe travel for automobiles and emergency responders, bicycles, walking, transit, and freight. In addition to fulfilling a street’s basic transportation functions and providing access to properties, streets and sidewalks should be designed to be attractive, safe, accessible, sustainable, and healthy components of the City's environment.” Limiting parking to only the parking needed to ensure a traffic network that allows safe travel for automobiles and emergency responders, bicycles, walking, transit, and—importantly for this commercial / industrial area—freight is consistent with this policy.