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Approve On-Street Parking Regulations in the Burch Kove Neighborhood.
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Staff: |
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Matthew J. Sullivan, Chief |
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Christopher C. Blue, Chief |
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M. Tommy Gregory, Fire Marshal |
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Kumar Neppalli, Traffic Engineer |
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Overview: Staff provided a report to the Town Council at their November 13, 2019 <https://chapelhill.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4217933&GUID=C44F5A03-5938-4092-BCAB-0AC1A5D5C627&Options=&Search=&FullText=1> Council meeting regarding on-street parking concerns in the Burch Kove neighborhood. The Burch Kove neighborhood is located at the corner of Seawell School Road and Homestead Road. The attached ordinance provides for limited on-street parking, incorporating Council feedback provided at the meeting. The revised ordinance allows approximately twenty on-street parking spaces on several streets in the neighborhood. Eight parking spaces will be restricted for use by the owners of affordable units in the neighborhood that were built with only one dedicated parking space.
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That the Council enact the proposed ordinance for “no parking anytime” on several streets in the Burch Kove neighborhood.
Key Issues
The proposed ordinance:
• Provides limited on-street parking in the Burch Kove neighborhood.
• Provides one additional dedicated parking space for each of the eight affordable units within the neighborhood. The spaces will be permitted using the same system currently being used at other like properties in Town.
• Creates/Improves safe passage for other vehicles including emergency apparatus, school buses and delivery trucks.
• Is intended to be an interim step to give Town staff, community members and the homeowners’ association time to planning a sustainable long-term solution.
• Does not provide for resident-only parking; however, if non-resident parking becomes a problem, the ordinance can be amended later by Council.
The Town staff will monitor the parking and traffic in the neighborhood and will provide recommendations for near-term changes if conditions warrant. In the meantime, staff will continue to work with the homeowner’s association to develop a long-term solution to propose to the Council in the future.
Fiscal Impact/Resources: Town sign staff will install signs, and the cost will be covered from the existing operating funds of the Traffic Engineering Division.
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• Ordinance |
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• Area Map |
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The Agenda will reflect the text below and/or the motion text will be used during the meeting. |
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PRESENTER: Matthew J. Sullivan, Fire Chief
RECOMMENDATION: That the Council enact an ordinance that establishes “no parking anytime” on several streets, and establishes an area in which special parking permits are required in the Burch Kove neighborhood in response to residents’ request.