AH Blvd Restrictive Parking

1. Alamo Heights Boulevard
Parking Restriction
Presented By: Rick Pruitt
Chief of Police
Item # 5
City Council Meeting
May 23, 2016

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● Follow-up to the staff presentation to address
on-street parking congestion on Alamo Heights
Boulevard adjacent to the little league fields
and Bark Park
• Ordinance 2043 passed to restrict parking
along the north curb line of Alamo Heights for a
distance of 397 feet
Background

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● A proposal was delayed that would restrict
parking along the west curb line of Alamo
Heights Boulevard between La Jara Boulevard
and the west leg of Alamo Height Boulevard
• An off-street parking project has been completed
creating 24 parking spaces in the green space
behind the dog park and 7 additional spaces
south of the Bark Park entrance
Background

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• The proposed restricted parking zone would be
marked by painting the curb red for a distance
of 1,034 liner feet; signage is not proposed
● This proposal includes placement of boulder
material incrementally along the unimproved
shoulder to dissuade illegal parking
Background

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• The creation or repealing of restricted and time
limit parking zones by a municipality is
authorized in Section 542.202(a)(2) of the Texas
Transportation Code and Section 18-99,
“Designation and Marking of Parking Spaces
and Areas Where Parking is Prohibited or
Limited”, of the Alamo Heights City Codes.
Policy Analysis

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• Paint red curbs – 1034 linear feet of curb line @
$1 per linear foot plus paint cost ($300) - $1334
• Boulder stones – approximately $4000
Financial Impact

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An Ordinance creating a restricted parking zone
along the west curb line of Alamo Heights
Boulevard beginning at the intersection with La
Jara Boulevard and continuing in a southerly
direction to the west leg of Alamo Heights
Boulevard
Proposal