HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 09 - Parking Restrictions on West Wall StreetMEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER V
MEETING DATE: APRIL 7, 2015
SUBJECT: PARKING RESTRICTION ON WEST WALL STREET
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council to consider approval of an ordinance amending the Grapevine Code of
Ordinances Chapter 23 Traffic, Article V Parking, prohibiting parking on West Wall
Street from Ball Street to Dove Road, and take any necessary action.
BACKGROUND:
The recent opening of a new restaurant on Northwest Highway between Ball Street and
Dove Road has resulted in patrons parking along both sides of Wall Street in the vicinity
of the Wall Street and Blevins Street intersection. Wall Street does not have sufficient
width to provide for roadside parking on the paved surface or on the gravel/grass
shoulder.
The roadway is often reduced to the width of a single lane down the middle of the
pavement when cars are parked on both sides. Additionally, this roadside parking
inhibits visibility for motorists on the roadway as well as any patron who has parked in
the restaurant's parking lot and is attempting to exit onto Wall Street.
The Police Department has advised the Public Works Department of this issue and has
expressed their concerns regarding this current situation.
The attached exhibit and photos illustrate the location.
Staff recommends approval.
April 1, 2015 (4:14PM)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE CODE
OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 23 TRAFFIC,
ARTICLE V RELATIVE TO PARKING; AUTHORIZING THE
ERECTION OF TRAFFIC REGULATION SIGNS; REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF
FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200.00); PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
N' AARKi Na
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 23 Traffic, Article V, Section 23-63, No Parking Zones;
Restricted Parking Zones; No Standing Zones; No Stopping Zones of the Grapevine Code
of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding the following:
"West Wall Street, both sides, no parking from Ball Street to Dove Road"
Section 2. That the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to have
the proper traffic signs erected, constructed, and placed at such points along said
highways, streets or alleys, or portions hereof under construction, maintenance or repair so
that travelers will be reasonably notified of said traffic regulations.
Section 3. That all ordinances or any parts thereof in conflict with the terms of this
ordinance shall be and hereby are deemed repealed and of no force or effect; provided,
however, that the ordinance or ordinances under which the cases currently filed and
pending in the Municipal Court of the City of Grapevine, Texas, shall be deemed repealed
only when all such cases filed and pending under such ordinance or ordinances have been
disposed of by a final conviction or a finding of not guilty or nolo contendere, or dismissal.
Section 4. That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum
not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and a separate offense shall be deemed
committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
Section 5. That if any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or
word in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstances is held invalid or
unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it
would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance despite such invalidity, which
remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 6. That the fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace
and general welfare of the public creates an emergency which requires that this ordinance
become effective from and after the date of its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 7th day of April, 2015.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ORD. NO. 2
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