This document summarizes a proposed ordinance to amend parking restrictions on Grove Place. The Ballet Conservatory of South Texas requested a time-limited parking zone that was identified as potentially causing traffic issues. An alternate location was identified that would provide 115 feet of one-hour parking. The proposed ordinance would repeal existing restrictions, establish a new no-parking zone, and adopt a new one-hour parking zone between 8am-6pm on weekdays in the identified alternate location. The fiscal impact would be $280 to install signage and paint markings.

1. An Ordinance Amending
Parking Restrictions on Grove
Place
Presented By: Rick Pruitt
Chief of Police
Item # 7
City Council Meeting
July 25, 2016

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● The Ballet Conservatory of South Texas has
requested a time limit parking zone on the south
curb line of the 100 block Grove Place
• Staff conducted an on-site review of the
requested location and identified several areas
of concern
◊ the roadway is 30 feet wide and the requested
parking location is across the street from an
existing one hour parking zone
Background

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◊ volume of traffic created by two apartment
complexes and a private school immediately
east of the requested parking location
◊ parking zones on opposing side of the street
could create a bottleneck for traffic traveling
onto and off of Broadway
◊ traffic queuing during peak traffic periods
Background

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• Alternate location identified on the south curb
line of Grove Place adjacent to the Ridgemont
Property building rear parking lot and across
from the Tree-house Apartments
● This location has 135 feet of curb line
providing 115 feet of on-street parking
Background

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• City Codes document two (2) existing on-street
parking restrictions on the south curb lines of
Grove Place
◊ “at all times” on Grove Place, south side,
between Broadway and Cleveland Court
Background

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◊ “no longer than 30 minutes, from 8 a.m. to 6
p.m., except Sunday” on Grove Place, south
side, between a point 6 ½ feet of the
property line on the east side of Broadway
and a point 42 feet east thereof”
● Staff proposes an Ordinance amending
Chapter 18, Traffic, of the Code of Ordinances
by making the following changes:
Background

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◊ repeal the existing Grove Place restrictions
on the south side of Grove Place;
◊ adopt a new “at all times restriction “Grove
Place, south side, from the east line of
Broadway Avenue easterly for a distance of
161 feet”;
Background

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◊ adopt a new “No longer than 1 hour, 8:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m., except Sunday” restriction
“Grove Place, south side, beginning 195
feet from the east line of Broadway Avenue
and continuing for a distance of 115 feet”
Background

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• Curb painting (gray), 115 feet - $50
• Two poles and signage - $230
Fiscal Impact

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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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● City Attorney Michael Brenan prepared the proposed
Ordinance
● Ridgemont Property owners expressed no opposition
● General manager of the Ballet Conservatory
expressed no opposition
● Public works will arrange to paint the curbs and erect
the signage
Coordination