Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Transportation
CM/ ACM: John Cabrales, Jr.
Date: September 12, 2016
SUBJECT
Title
Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide direction regarding on-street parking enforcement and initiatives.
Body
BACKGROUND
Earlier this year staff received a citizen-initiated petition to restrict parking on Highland Street from the intersection of Highland and Bernard Street to the intersection of Highland and IOOF Street. The petition followed the current process of receiving approval signatures from 60-percent of affected property owners on both sides of the subject street segment, and review/concurrence by the Traffic Engineer and Fire Marshal's office prior to advancing a staff recommendation to restrict one side of the street to the Traffic Safety Commission (TSC). In this case, the TSC considered the staff recommendation to restrict parking on the south side of the identified street segment and subsequently forwarded a favorable recommendation to City Council for formal action. As part of Council consideration and eventual approval of an ordinance establishing a parking restriction on this segment of Highland Street, Mayor Watts requested that staff review the current process used to establish no parking zones and consider developing a comprehensive plan for establishing no parking zones throughout the City.
In mid-May, Staff met with Mobility Committee Chair Roden to discuss the Council directive as there were multiple requests or initiatives under consideration to establish no park restrictions on various street segments within the community at that time. These proposed no park restrictions were both citizen-initiated through the petition process and staff-initiated due to public safety access or traffic safety concerns. Additionally, City of Denton staff and University of North Texas (UNT) staff were beginning to discuss a proposed modification to the existing interlocal agreement that allows localized jurisdiction ...
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