Submitted By
Jill Velan, Parking and Mobility Services Director
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
An Ordinance Authorizing Sixty-Seven (67) Additional On-Street Overnight Permit Parking Spaces, Establishing a New Lot 119 with Eight (8) Permit Parking Spaces on Pleasant Place, and Standardizing Permit Parking Hours to 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. in the Y2, Y3, Y4 On-Street Overnight Permit Parking Zones as Reviewed at the January 23, 2017 Special Meeting.
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Overview
Overview
At the January 23, 2017 Village Board Special Meeting, the Transportation Commission recommended changes to parking regulations in the area generally encompassed by Harlem Avenue to Oak Park Avenue and South Blvd to Madison Street in advance of the redevelopment of the Village owned properties near Harlem Avenue and South Blvd by Lincoln Properties.
Body
Staff Recommendation
Adopt the Ordinance.
Fiscal Impact
The installation of signage is budgeted in the Parking Fund and will cost approximately $4200.
Background
At the January 23, 2017 Village Board Special Meeting, the Transportation Commission recommended parking restriction changes that will increase resident on-street overnight permit parking by adding 75 spaces. Included within the 75 spaces would be eight spaces on Pleasant Place that will be designated as 24hr hour permits for residents in the area.
In addition, the recommendations included standardizing on-street overnight permit parking hours in the Pleasant Business District and Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School area also referred to as the Y2, Y3, and Y4 Zone to 11:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. consistent with the "shared parking" concept used in other mixed use areas which has successfully allowed improved parking for business customers and residents during the evening hours.
At the August 24, 2015 Transportation Commission meeting public input was solicited related to parking challenges and suggested parking improvements from residents and business owners in the three o...
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