HomeMy WebLinkAbout3161 RESOLUTION NO. 3 1 (D
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, to modify parking on 4 th Street along the
Kiwanis Park frontage from parallel to back -in angle parking
WHEREAS, there is a need for additional on- street parking on 4th Street
along the Kiwams Park frontage, and
WHEREAS, both 4 th and 5 th Street are identified in the City's 2007 Non -
Motorized plan as bicycle corridors, and
WHEREAS, back -in angle parking has been identified as safer for
bicyclists and reduces the roadway width for traffic calming and slower vehicle speeds,
and
WHEREAS, until recently the public parking spaces on 4th Street along
the Kiwanis Park frontage consisted solely of parallel parking spaces, and
WHEREAS, BMC 10 04 010 adopts the Model Traffic Ordinance as set
out in the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) Chapter 308 -330, and
WHEREAS, in order to permit angle parking on a city street, WAC 308-
330- 270(4) requires a resolution by the City after the City's Traffic Engineer has
conducted an engineering and traffic investigation, and
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has conducted an engineering and traffic
investigation regarding modifying 4 th Street along the Kiwanis Park frontage to include
back -in angle parking, and
WHEREAS, changing 4th Street parallel parking spaces to back -in angle
parking spaces would significantly increase the amount of on- street parking spaces on 4th
Street, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that modifying 4 th Street along the Kiwanis
Park frontage to be back -in angle parking increases available public parking spaces on Fifth
Street and creates a safer street; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1. Back -in angle parking on 4th Street along the Kiwanis Park
frontage shall be created as determined by the City Engineer and consistent with the City
Engineer's engineering and traffic investigation
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Fifth Street
SECTIONZ Severabilq If anyone or more sections, subsections, or
sentences of this Resolution are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Resolution and the same shall remain in full
force and effect
SECTION 3. ff ective Date This Resolution shall take effect and be in force
immediately upon its passage
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington this I
day of Err c 1 41 1 2012
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uncil President
APPROVED AS TO FORM ATTEST
R ER A LUBOVICH, C ey Sh4inon Conn, Interim City Clerk
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