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

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Administrative Order -- Page 3 of 6 (e) Existing state and local laws regulating use of public ways. The use of the City’s public ways for parking is regulated at the local level. EC 5.040(1)(h)(5) and EC 5.040(1)(p) establish authority to manage parking. (f) The efficient use of the public way by the public. Removal and modification of parking allowances on Conger Street is needed for more efficient use of the roadway by ensuring adequate clearance for truck and traffic access to and from adjacent commercial uses, and overnight commercial vehicle parking. (g) The use of abutting property. The abutting land use is commercial. (h) The intensity of use of the street by vehicles and pedestrians. i. By Ordinance No. 20181, the City Council adopted the Street Classification Map that designated Conger Street as a local street. By Resolution 4608, the City Council adopted the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Access Ways. Parking is an optional feature on streets. ii. There are sidewalks on both sides of the street segment. This order will not impact, and may improve, accessibility of use by pedestrians. (i) The physical condition and characteristics of the street and abutting property. i. 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. There are no bike lanes. ii. The abutting properties on the east and west sides of the street segment include one- and two-story commercial buildings with asphalt surface parking lots.