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CITY OF
SOUTHLAKE
MEMORANDUM
(January 20, 2015)
To: Shana Yelverton, City Manager
From: Robert H. Price, P.E., Director of Public Works
Subject: Ordinance No. 1111, 1st Reading, Approve an ordinance for no
parking on Commerce Street and Tuscan Ridge Circle
Action
Requested: Ordinance No. 1111, 1 st Reading, Approve an ordinance for no
parking on Commerce Street and Tuscan Ridge Circle
Background
Information: Concerns have been expressed that parking along the Commerce
Street adjacent to the 280 Sports Complex just south of FM 1709
(Southlake Blvd.) was potentially dangerous. This concern was
expressed by several Council members as well as the businesses
that are located in this immediate area. Many of the businesses
within the 280 sports complex involve parents and young children.
The fear was that the mix of industrial traffic and children stepping
out into the street from behind parked cars was a potential safety
issue. City staff and representatives of the area businesses agreed
to place no parking signs along the west side of Commerce Street.
These signs were placed for a trial period to determine if the
removal of the parking was sufficient to satisfy the concerns. The
signs have been in place for several months and all of the business
owners have been contacted and agree that they should be
permanent. Therefore, the parking restriction between FM 1709
and Market Loop is brought forward for Council's approval.
With respect to parking on Tuscan Ridge Circle, City staff received
nuisance parking complaints due to the narrow width of Tuscan
Ridge Circle in the Tuscan Ridge subdivision. The existing street is
24 feet wide and on -street parking restricts the access of
emergency vehicle during emergency. No parking signs currently
exist along the outward side of the entire street. The existing signs
will be replaced with new signs that are in compliance with the
Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (TxMUTCD) by
Public Works staff to make them permanent and enforceable, if
Ordinance 1111 is approved by the City Council.
Financial
Considerations: The costs associated with this parking restriction on both streets
will consist of the costs for manufacturing and installing of the signs
along the two roadways.
Strategic Link: The adoption of the Parking restriction ordinance on Commerce
Street and Tuscan Ridge Circle links to the City's strategy map
relative to the strategic focus area of Safety and Security from the
perspective of managing the business by achieving the highest
standards of safety and security.
Citizen Input/
Board Review: None
Legal
Review: The ordinance has been reviewed by the City Attorney's office.
Alternatives: The City Council may approve Ordinance No. 1111 or deny it.
Staff
Recommendation: Ordinance No. 1111, 1st Reading, Approve an ordinance for no
parking on Commerce Street and Tuscan Ridge Circle
Supporting
Documents: Ordinance No. 1111
Location Map No. 1 (Commerce Street)
Location Map No. 2 (Tuscan Ridge Circle)
Staff
Contact: Robert H. Price, P.E., Public Works Director
Cheryl Taylor P.E., City Engineer
Om Gharty Chhetri, P.E., Civil Engineer
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ORDINANCE NO. 1111
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18-184 "PARKING
RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN STREETS" OF THE SOUTHLAKE CODE
OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Southlake is a home rule city acting under its charter
adopted by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5, of the Texas Constitution
and Chapter 9 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City has previously enacted ordinances, now codified in Section
18-184 of the Southlake Code of Ordinances, prohibiting parking on certain streets in
the City; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works deems it advisable to establish a no
parking zone on:
1. the west side of Commerce Street from E. Southlake Blvd to Market Loop
and
2. the outward side of Tuscan Ridge Circle (odd number property
designations), as parking at that location creates unacceptable traffic
hazards; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the
citizens to enact this ordinance to prohibit parking on these portion of roadways.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Chapter 18, "Traffic and Vehicles", Section 18-184, "Parking Restrictions on
certain streets" of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to add a new subsections
(e) Commerce Street and (e) Tuscan Ridge Circle to read as follows:
Sec. 18-184 Parking Restrictions on certain streets.
(e) Commerce Street. It shall be unlawful to park, stand or stop any vehicle
along the west side of Commerce Street between E. Southlake Blvd and Market Loop.
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The public works department of the city is hereby directed to place signs prohibiting the
stopping, standing or parking of vehicles along the west side of Commerce Street
between E. Southlake Blvd and Market Loop. Such signs shall be official signs, and no
person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions stated on such
signs. The prohibition against parking in such area shall not be effective until the signs
are in place.
(f) Tuscan Ridge Circle. It shall be unlawful to park, stand or stop any vehicle
along the outward side (odd number property designations) of Tuscan Ridge Circle.
The public works department of the city is hereby directed to place signs prohibiting the
stopping, standing or parking of vehicles along the Tuscan Ridge Circle. Such signs
shall be official signs, and no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in violation of
the restrictions stated on such signs. The prohibition against parking in such area shall
not be effective until the signs are in place.
SECTION 2.
The Director of Public Works, or his designee, shall post and install appropriate
no parking signage along the designated portion of roadway.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Southlake, Texas, as amended, except where the
provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances
and such Code, in which event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such
Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Ordinance are severable, and if
any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining, phrase, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs or sections of this Ordinance since the same would have been
enacted by the City Council without incorporation in this Ordinance of any such
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 5.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses
to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Ordinance
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shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense. Each
day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 6.
All rights and remedies of the City of Southlake, Texas, are expressly saved as to
any and all violations involving parking regulations which have accrued at the time of
the effective date of this Ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending
litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances
same shall not be affected by this Ordinance but may be prosecuted until final
disposition by the courts.
SECTION 7.
The City Secretary of the City of Southlake is hereby directed to publish in the
official newspaper of the City of Southlake, the caption, penalty clause, and effective
date clause of this ordinance as authorized by the City Charter and Section 52.013 of
the Local Government Code.
SECTION 8.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication as required by law, and it is so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING ON THIS DAY OF
, 2015.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
PASSED AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING ON THIS DAY OF
, 2015.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
EFFECTIVE:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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