To: Honorable Mayor and Members of Town Council
From: Public Works and Police Departments
Title
Resolution Approving the Town of Castle Rock On-Street Parking Policy
Body
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Executive Summary
A proposed Town policy (Attachment A) is provided to assist with clarifying the Town’s official position toward on-street parking along public streets owned by the Town. This policy is an update based on Town Council’s direction to staff to allow for residents in areas where significant parking density exists to have more say on establishing potential parking restrictions.
The policy position still strives to allow for on-street parking to be accommodated, while a new three phased approach to address concerns related to secondary impacts that are of a legal, or Municipal Code, nature has been added. Secondary issues such as concerns about the “look and feel”, or perceived impacts to property values are not considered for establishing parking restrictions within the attached policy draft. Should Town Council want to allow for these considerations, the policy draft should be amended to eliminate phase two. A summary of the three phases are:
1. Phase One: Conduct a formal traffic engineering assessment to determine if restrictions are needed based on operations or safety concerns. If none, then
2. Phase Two: Complete a two to six month enforcement period to deal with legal, or Municipal Code, infractions that are occurring. If these secondary issues persist, then
3. Phase Three: Complete a stakeholder driven process to determine if parking restrictions should be implemented.
It is anticipated that these requests will increase as the Town population grows. An official Town position on this subject will assist with providing a consistent approach to addressing future requests to prohibit or restrict on-street parking along public streets.
Budget Impact
None. Implementation of this policy will determine if adequate staffing resources exist to sufficiently meet demand. Staff will need to assess this aspect and make appropriate resource requests with future budgeting processes.
Staff Recommendation
Staff’s opinion is that accommodating on-street parking serves the larger diverse stakeholder interest, while still striving to respond to negative impacts that may result from parking. If enforcement of legal and/or Municipal Code issues is unsuccessful, a process for establishing parking restrictions that is led by affected stakeholders is available as a final step. As such, the attached policy is recommended to be implemented. The approval of a policy provides for a formal position, while allowing for any future changes to be easily adopted.
This draft policy will be discussed with the Public Works Commission at their May meeting. Their formal recommendation to Town Council will be presented at the meeting.
Proposed Motion
“I move to approve the Resolution as introduced by title.”
Attachments
Attachment A: Resolution
Attachment B: Photos of Typical Street Classifications
Attachment C: Comparison of Off-Street Parking Requirements