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Consideration of a Town Code Amendment Restricting Parking along Pleasant Drive
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Board of Aldermen to consider an amendment to the Town Code restricting on-street parking along Pleasant Drive to one side of the street. The Board must receive public comments before taking action on this amendment.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon - 919-918-7325; Nick Herman - 919-929-3905; Mike Brough - 919-929-3905
INFORMATION: During the fall of 2014, Town staff received a request from a resident of Pleasant Drive to post signs prohibiting parking along the south side of Pleasant Drive from North Greensboro Street until Mulberry Street. The resident indicated that at one time signage was posted to limit parking to one side of Pleasant Drive but it was later removed for consistency with the Town Code, which did not at that time include a prohibition to parking along that segment of the street.
The cross section of Pleasant Drive is approximately 26 feet from curb to curb with only 22 feet of paved surface, sufficient width for on-street parking along one side of the street. Parking on both sides of the street, however, substantially decreases the width of the travelway and, in effect, reduces the street to one-way travel.
On-street parking is discussed in Chapter 6, Article IV, of the Town Code, and more specifically in Section 6-19, Parking Prohibited in Certain Locations at Certain Times. Subsection 6-19(b)(1)(t) speaks to parking along Pleasant Drive. Parking is currently prohibited along the north side of Pleasant Drive from its intersection with Crest Street to the end of the street, including the unpaved section to the end of the right of way. If adopted, the proposed amendment would prohibit parking along the south side of Pleasant from North Greensboro Street until Crest Street, and continue the current prohibition along the north side of Pleasant from Cres...
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