Item 8: Ordinance Establishing Chambers Special Area Zone

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Streets, sidewalks, and on...street parking Eleven streets form the area's boundaries or traverse through the area, The following table identifies the major boundary streets for the study area and categorizes each street's traffic impact on the R-210ts that face the street Boundary Traffic impact Streets East-West Streets W. 8Ul Avenue Northern Medium W. Broadway Low W. 10m Avenue Low W. 1 rn Avenue High W. 12m Avenue Low W. nUl Avenue Southern High North-South Streets Polk Street Eastern Medium T avlor Street Low Almaden Street Low Filmore Street Very Low Chambers Street Western Very High Almost all blocks have sidewalks with a parking strip containing grass and trees between the sidewalk and the street. The exceptions are listed below: · Entire east side of Chambers Street (5 blocks, 3 that have R-2 lots) - sidewalk is immediately adjacent to curb. · All of Filmore Street (2 blocks) - narrow sidewalk is adjacent to street surface (no curb). · W. Broadway between Almaden and Chambers Streets (2 blocks) - no sidewalk except half a block on south side immediately east of Chambers Street. · Approximately 80' of north side of 12th Ave. immediately east of Almaden- no sidewalk. Other than on Chambers Street, the sections without sidewalks and/or parking strips are generally still "pedestrian friendly." For example, although Filmore Street has no parking strip, there is so little traffic on these two blocks that there's almost no noise intrusion or concern for safety. All streets, except Chambers Street, allow on-street parking on both sides, These parking areas are occupied in the approximate range of25% to 75%. On high- impact streets (such as W, 11th Ave.), on-street parking provides a substantial buffer to pedestrians on the sidewalk. This on-street parking is an essential November 1, 2005 Chambers Revisited - Neighbors' Report 31