PURPOSE

Several residents of Evergreen Street north of Magnolia Boulevard requested consideration of resident only parking privileges on Evergreen Street between Magnolia Boulevard and Chandler Boulevard at the City Council meeting of April 24, 2007.  The request is in anticipation of parking issues associated with the construction of a commercial development at 4201 � 4207 Magnolia Boulevard. On July 10, 2007, Council decided to consider the resident request.  This memorandum offers parking usage information for that discussion.

BACKGROUND

Council approved the construction of a 14,000 square foot commercial development on the northwest corner of Magnolia Boulevard and Evergreen Street (4201 � 4207 Magnolia Boulevard).  The development is located on commercially zoned property and it meets city codes with respect to setbacks and on-site parking of 56 parking spaces.  The entitlement is valid for one year.  Within that time, building plans must be supplied to the city for plan check.

Several residents of Evergreen Street requested that Council consider resident only parking on Evergreen Street north of Magnolia Boulevard in anticipation of parking issues associated with the commercial development.  Council directed staff to schedule the item for further discussion and provide information for that discussion.  Since parking restrictions are a neighborhood issue, staff collected information for the two streets adjacent to Evergreen Street, Rose Street and Pass Avenue.  Staff also separated data for parking in the residential areas and parking adjacent to the commercial frontage to provide a measure of the available on-street parking in the area.

ANALYSIS

Evergreen Street between Magnolia Boulevard and Chandler Boulevard has 38 single family homes on R-1 zoned property and one single family house on commercially zoned (MPC-3) land (Attachment 1).  Pass Avenue to the east of Evergreen Street has 36 single family residences, and Rose Street, to the west, has 38 residences.  The three streets are very similar in character except Rose Street and Evergreen Street terminates at Chandler Boulevard, while Pass Avenue extends to the north of Chandler Boulevard.

The existing on-street public parking supply on Evergreen Street, in the residential area, is about 70 parking spaces.  Rose Street and Pass Avenue also have about 70 available on-street parking spaces in the residential portions of the block.  All residents fronting each of the three streets have off-street parking in driveways and/or garages, which add an additional 60 to 70 off-street parking spaces to the total parking supply on each street.  Thus, each residential street has a parking supply of about 130 to 140 parking spaces.

The on-street parking supply in the commercial areas include twelve (12) parking spaces along the commercial frontage of Evergreen Street adjacent to Magnolia Boulevard, about seven (7) parking spaces on Rose Street, and about eight (8) spaces along Pass Avenue.  Magnolia Boulevard, on the north side, between Rose Street and Pass Avenue contains about 23 parking spaces in the commercially zoned area. Thus, the on-street parking supply in the commercial frontage totals about 50 parking spaces. The commercial uses fronting Magnolia Boulevard in the 4100 block (adjacent to the proposed development) have adequate off-street parking totaling about 30 parking spaces.

The parking demand in the neighborhood was measured on a number of occasions to determine the average expected daytime and evening usage of public parking in the area.  A representative on-street parking demand in the neighborhood is summarized in Attachment 1.  During the daytime hours, all of the three residential streets have a maximum parking demand of about 25 percent of the available supply (18 vehicles).  Evergreen Street has a slightly lower demand than the other two streets.  The nighttime residential parking demand grows to about 44 percent (31 vehicles) on Rose Street and to about 40 percent (28 vehicles) on the other two streets.

The commercial frontage on Magnolia Boulevard and on the three intersecting streets has about 56 on-street parking spaces.  The maximum daytime parking demand is about 32 percent of the available supply (16 vehicles), and the evening demand grows to about 46 percent (23 vehicles).  Thus, the neighborhood on-street parking supply in the commercial areas has at least 35 available parking spaces during the day and 25 available parking spaces at night.

The on-street parking supply in the residential area is currently unrestricted on Evergreen Street, Pass Avenue and Rose Street.  The commercial frontage on Magnolia Boulevard and the three intersecting streets has parking restrictions of two (2) hours maximum between the hours of 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM.

The number of available parking spaces adjacent to the commercial frontage of Evergreen Street and Magnolia Boulevard is sufficient to accommodate the construction activities at 4201-4207 Magnolia Boulevard without unduly impacting parking in the residential area of Evergreen Street.  Public Works can regulate the construction parking to the commercial frontage of Magnolia Boulevard through our street use permit process, which will be required for major portions of the construction, such as excavation and concrete pouring.  Other construction activities can also be accommodated in the commercial areas adjacent to the proposed development.

RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends that parking restrictions not be placed on Evergreen Street at this time.  The area has sufficient on-street parking supply in the commercial area to accommodate construction activities for the planned development, and parking restrictions for construction workers can be instituted through existing street use permit process to prevent excessive use of the residential on-street parking.  The residential on-street parking is minimally used during the day or night, and staff does not expect a significant growth in parking demand during the project construction.  The current residential parking demand is significantly below the level that requires parking restrictions as established by Council.

Attachment:       Evergreen Street Parking Demand

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