DATE: July 20, 2018
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Paul Holzen, Director of Engineering
Jonathan Marston, Assistant Director of Engineering
SUBJECT:
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Consideration of DRAFT Ordinance 2018-40, "An ordinance to Establish No Parking Zones and to Approve a Signage and Pavement Marking Plan for Church Street".
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning Ordinance 2018-40.
Background
As part of the downtown parking study, staff developed a pavement marking and signage plan for Church Street. The attached pavement marking and signage plan proposes the following three major changes to Church Street:
* The intersection of Cummins Street and Church Street is currently configured with stop control on the Cummins Street approach only. The sight distance from Cummins Street onto Church Street does not meet the minimum requirements as published in both the City of Franklin Transportation & Street Technical Standards and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' A Policy on Geometric Design of highway and Streets (Green Book). Staff is proposing to eliminate all parking on Church Street between Columbia Ave and 5th Ave South.
* Church Street, between 5th Ave South and 4th Ave South, varies in width from 34.5' to 30'. The eastern side of Church Street, between 5th Ave South and 4th Ave South, has 2~parallel parking spaces and 2~ travel lanes. This section of church street also functions as the State Route for SR 96 and US 31 and would be a primary route for local delivery trucks. The minimum acceptable width, that would be recommended by engineering, would be 38' for this type of a roadway. Staff is proposing to prohibit parking on the south side of Church Street between 5th Ave South and 4th Ave South. This would eliminate around 7 parking spaces.
* Church Street, between 2nd Ave South...
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