HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdmin Order 58-12-06ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-12 -06
of the
Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene
REMOVING ON- STREET PARKING FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF
SILVER LANE BETWEEN RIVER ROAD AND GROVE 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, 7.45 0,7.410 and 9.538(6)(d).
C. In making the decision to remove parking from the north side of Silver Lane, 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 North
side Silver Lane:
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 Silver Lane as a Major Collector street.
2. The City's adopted Transportation System Plan (TransPlan) includes as
project no. 548 the addition of striped bike lanes to Silver Lane from River Road to
Grove Street.
3. 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
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project no. 52 the addition of bike lanes along Silver Lane. 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." Replacing the parking along Silver Lane with a bicycle lane furthers this
Council- accepted objective.
4. Silver lane is wide enough to support inclusion of striped bike lanes to
Silver Lane from River Road to Grove Street if parking is removed from the north side of
the street.
5. Removing parking from the north side of Silver Lane to allow for bike
lane striping enables the public to use Sliver Lane in a more efficient, multi -modal
manner and, therefore, is in the best interest of the public.
6. The diagonal, on- street parking located along the south side of Silver Lane
is intensely used and will remain; the parking that will be removed (located along the
north side of Silver Lane) is not intensely used. Removal of rarely used parking to make
room for a bike lane allows for a more efficient use of the public way by the public.
Based on the above fmdings, I order that:
1. Parking be removed from the north side of Silver Lane from River Road to Grove
Street. This parking restriction will be in place at all times.
2. This will supersede and replace any previous parking restrictions currently in
place on portions the north side of Silver Lane.
3. 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 30th day of March, 2012.
Thomas C. Larsen
Traffic Engineer
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