HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdmin Order 58-13-10 (with amendment 58-20-14)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
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Street Classification Map that designated these sections of S. Willamette and Oak
Streets as Minor Arterial streets.
2. On March 12, 2012, the Eugene City Council accepted the Eugene Pedestrian and
Bicycle Master Plan (PBMP) and directed the City Manager to integrate the PBMP
into the proposed Transportation System Plan update. The PBMP includes as project
no. 31, the addition of bike lanes on Willamette Street from 1 ih to 32nd and Project
33, the addition of Bike lanes on Oak Street from 18th to 20th.
The PBMP calls for a complete network of pedestrian and cycling facilities. S.
Willamette Street from the mid-point between 1 ih and 18th south to 23rd, 20th Street
between Willamette and Oak, and Oak Street between 19th and 20th do not have on-
street bike lanes.
Additionally, Objective 1 in the PBMP it to "[c]reate 20-minute neighborhoods by
proving accessible, efficient and convenient methods for pedestrians and bicyclists to
travel to the places where they live, shop, work and play by expanding and improving
Eugene's bicycle and pedestrian network." Removing the left turn only lane from the
southern half block between 1 ih and 18th Streets and the parking on the west side of
S. Willamette from 20th to 23rd and east side of Oak Street from 19th to 20th in order to
provide space for marked on-street bicycle lanes furthers this Council-accepted
objective.
3. The adopted Design StaJ?-dards and Guidelines establishes design guidelines for travel
lane widths on Minor Arterials at a minimum of 11 feet and bike lanes at a minimum
of 5 feet. On S. Willamette from 18th to 19th, existing street width allows for two 11
foot travel lanes, two 7 foot parking lanes and a southbound 6 foot bike lane with
buffer. On S. Willamette Street from 20th to 23rd, the existing configuration is
generally two travel lanes, 14 foot wide northbound and 20 foot wide southbound.
With parking removed, this road can be restriped to allow two 11 foot travel lanes and
two 6 foot bike lanes. One narrow section exists where the existing roadway width is
28 feet. Two 4 foot bike lanes and 10 foot travel lanes will be striped in this location.
20th between S. Willamette and Oak St. currently has two parking lanes and an 18
foot travel lane. It has sufficient width to stripe two 7 foot parking lanes, a 6 foot
bike lane and a 12 foot travel lane. Oak St. from 20th to 19th currently has two 7 foot
parking lanes and two 1 0 foot travel lanes. By removing parking 20th will be re-
striped with one 7 foot parking lane, two 10.5 foot travel lanes and a 6 foot bike lane.
Oak from 19th to 18th is 42 feet wide and can be restriped with two 11 foot travel
lanes, two 7 foot parking lanes and one 6 foot bike lane.
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4. The AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities recommends that bike
lane widths are 6 feet when placed next to on-street parking.
5. S. Willamette Street between 19th and 24th will be undergoing a Pavement
Preservation project, providing the City with an opportunity to: (a) update the street
cross section; and, (b) add bicycle lanes and travel lane widths to adopted and
recommended standards. This project provides the opportunity for extending
southbound bike lanes from 1 ih to 23rd on S. Willamette and northbound bike lanes
from 24th and Willamette to 18th and Oak via 20th Avenue from Willamette to Oak.
6. · If parking is removed from the west side of S. Willamette between 20th and 23rd it is
wide enough to support a combination of standard and m~nimum width travel lanes
and bike lanes.
7. Parking studies show that the average and peak parking volume on Willamette
between 20th and 23rd is minimal. Re-striping S. Willamette between 20th and 23rd
with bike lanes, rather than providing for parking, is a more efficient use of the public
way and is in the best interest of the public.
8. Removing parking from the west side of S. Willamette between 20th and 23rd to
allow for bike lanes enables the public to use S. Willamette and Oak Streets in a more
efficient, multi-modal manner and, therefore, is in the best interest of the public.
9. If parking is removed from the east side of Oak Street between 20th and 23rd it is
wide enough to support a combination of standard and minimum width travel lanes
and bike lanes.
10. Parking studies show that the average and peak parking volume on Oak Street
between 19th and 20th can be accommodated in the area. Re-striping Oak Street
between 19th and 20th with bike lanes, rather than providing for parking, is a more
efficient use of the public way and is in the best interest of the public.
11. Removing parking from the east side of Oak Street between 19th and 20th to allow for
bike lanes enables the public to use Oak Street in a more efficient, multi-modal
manner and, therefore, is in the best interest of the public.
12. The bike lane network currently has a gap midway between 17th and 18th, with north
and southbound bikes only on the northern portion and no bike facilities on the
southern portion. The southern portion has no on-street parking. The existing
southbound configuration on S. Willamette includes a left turn only lane, a thru only
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lane and thru-right lane. Traffic volumes are such that a thru-right and a thru-left will
handle the existing traffic volume.
13. Removing the southbound left turn only lane on S. Willamette and restriping the
intersection approach with a thru-left tum lane and a thru-right tum lane and adding
bike lanes in both direction is a more efficient, multi-modal use of the public way,
and is in the best interest of the public.
On the basis of these findings, I order that:
1.
2.
3.
Parking be removed from the west side of S. Willamette from 20th to 23rd.
This parking restriction will be in place at all times.
Parking be removed from the east side of Oak Street from 19th to 20th.
This parking restriction will be in place at all times.
The southbound left tum only lane on S. Willamette approaching 18th be
removed and the intersection approach be restriped to include bike lanes.
4. If, by action of a hearing official having jurisdiction to review this administrative
order, any portion of this administrative order is stricken such action by the hearings. official
shall have no effect on the validity of any other section or provision hereof, all of which will
remain in full force and effect. ·
Dated and effective this 3rd day of June, 2013. _
........-·"'"' c_:_ .. /
Traffic Engineer
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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-20-14
of the
Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene
AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-13-10 TO RESCIND
PARTS OF ORDER THAT PERTAIN TO PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE
OF OAK STREET BETWEEN 19™ AND 20TH STREETS AND THEREBY
AUTHORIZING REINSTATEMENT OF SAID PARKING.
The Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene finds that:
A. EC 5.040 authorizes the City Manager or the Manager's designee to take administrative
action to "establish, maintain, remove, or alter . . . parking areas and time limitations, including the form
of permissible parking" and to "impose conditions upon which the streets and other public property may be
used for parking." 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. On September 24, 2009, the City Manager issued Administrative Order No. 58-09-
14 granting the Traffic Engineer of the Public Works Department the authority to exercise all of
the duties and responsibilities specifically defined as those of the City Manager in Section 5.040
and 5.050 of the Eugene Code, 1971.
C. Pursuant to that authority, on June 3, 2013 , the Traffic Engineer issued
Administrative Order No. 58-13-10 ordering that (1) parking be removed from the west side of S.
Willamette from 20th to 23 rd
; (2) parking be removed from the east side of Oak Street from 19th to
20th
; and (3) the southbound right turn only lane on S. Willamette approaching 18 th be removed
and the intersection approach be restriped to include bike lanes.
D. The removal of parking from the east side of Oak Street between 19th and 20th was
necessary to accommodate the installation of bike lanes on Oak Street. Those bike lanes are now
being moved to Willamette Street and, therefore, it is in the public interest to restore parking to the
east side of Oak Street from 19th to 20th.
E. By Administrative Order No. 58-17-08, the City Manager appointed me as the
City's Traffic Engineer.
On the basis of these findings, I order that:
1. Administrative Order No. 58-13-10 is amended to rescind the parts of the Order
pertaining to removal of parking from the east side of Oak Street from 19th to 20th, including
deleting the following text and renumbering the sections that follow it:
2. Parking be removed from the east side of Oak Street
from 19th to 20th. This parking restriction will be in place
at all times.
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2. All other parts of Administrative Order No. 58-13-10 remain in full force and
effect.
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Dated and effective this J..'l; day of July,_2_0_2.:_0/71--J-~~,..,_.-==:::::::::::::==---
Matt~igues
Traffic Engineer
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