HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdmin Order 58-12-02ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-12 -02
of the
Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene
REMOVING ON- STREET PARKING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF
WEST 24' AVENUE BETWEEN CHAMBERS STREET AND FRIENDLY
STREET 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 streets and other
public property may be used for parking. EC 5.055 sets for the criteria the City Manager or the
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 Manger by EC 5.040, 5.050, 7.450,7.410 and 9.538(6)(d).
C. In making the decision to remove parking from the south side of W. 24 Ave. 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 from the south
side of W. 24 Ave.:
1. By Resolution 4608, the City Council adopted the Design Standards and
Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways which includes
bike lanes as a standard feature, and parking as an optional feature, of Major Collector
streets. By Ordinance No. 20181, the City Council adopted the Street Classification Map
that designated W. 24 Ave. as a Major Collector street.
2. The City's adopted Transportation System Plan (TransPlan) includes as
project no. 121 the addition of striped bike lanes to W. 24 Ave. from Chambers to
Jefferson.
3. As part of the W. 24 Ave. pavement preservation project, W. 24 Ave.
will be repaved and existing traffic calming devices (bump outs) will be removed.
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4. W. 24 Ave. is wide enough to support inclusion of striped bike lanes
from Chambers to Friendly Street if parking is removed from one side of the street.
5. Removing parking from the one side of W. 24 Ave. to allow for bike lane
striping and enables the public to use W. 24 Ave. in a more efficient, multi -modal
manner and, therefore, is in the best interest of the public.
Based on the above findings, I order that:
1. Parking be removed from the south side of W. 24 Ave. from Chambers Street to
Friendly Street. This parking restriction will be in place at all times.
2. If, by action of a hearing official having jurisdiction to review this administrative
order, any portion of this administrative order is stricken or modified 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 /W
day of February, 2012.
Thomas C. Larsen
Traffic Engineer
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