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CITY OF ITHACA
TOMPKINS COUNTY
NEW YORK
Office of
City Engineer
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November 26, 1957
Subject: All Night Parking in Residential Areas of Ithaca, N.Y.
To: Traffic & Parking Committee, Common Council, Ithaca, N.Y.
On June 24, 1957, the "Report of Pilot Study of Residential Parking" was
made to this committee.
Since then the results, conclusions and recommendations of that report
fi_ have been studied and reviewed together with an excellent report on "Residential
^arking Facilities in the City of Ithaca, N.Y." presented to the Ithaca Planning
Board by Mr. H. C. Thorne, Planning Director.
The pilot study revealed the parking habits of car owners in residential
areas to the following extent:
1. As many as 32% of the available off-street parking facilities checked
in this study were vacant at night.
2. As many as 42.8% of the cars that park on the street all night use the
street as dead storage parking space during the day.
3. At least 163 cars with Tompkins County registration plates and 130
Cornell student cars were observed parked all night on the street the
same night.
4. At least 52 cars with Tompkins County registration plates and 69 Cornell
student cars were observed ueiag .the 8breet as dead storage space the
same day.
The report on residential parking facilities by the Planning Office determined
the available off-street parking facilities in residential areas to be 908 spaces
short of the demand.
The City Engineer's Office field checked 51 city blocks and found a shortage
of 119 off-street facilities. For these same 51 city blocks the Planning Office
report showed a shortage of 355 off-street facilities.
The discrepancy between these figures may be attributed to the difference in the
methods of obtaining data and the criteria used.
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The Planning Office obtained data by means of telephone interview with property
owners in the residential areas of the city and counted only those off-street spaces
that were reported to meet the Zoning Ordinance requirements stated in Sec. 5,
Art. IV, and those garages that were reported in current use.
The personnel of the City Engineerts Office field checked each of the 51
blocks and recorded all garages, whether in use or not, and all other off-street
spaces in current use.
A comparison of the findings of Planning Office report and the field check of the
City Engineer's Office leads to the conclusion that the parking shortage is not as
acute as proponents of all night parking on the streets would have the public believe
The following conclusions are based on an analysis of the data collected
expressly for this report, the "Pilot Study" and the report on "Residential Parking
Facilities", and other pertinent studies:
1. The complaints presented by property owners in residential areas arise from the
failure to use existing off-street facilities and NOT from the shortage of
off-street parking.
2. Failure to enforce the present ordinance prohibiting all night parking on
the streets will undoubtedly result in the complaints of property owners
continuing and increasing.
3. The objections to all night parking on the streets are evidenced by:
A. The Board of Public Works continued stand against repeal of the present
ordinance.
B. The complaints of property owners in the residential areas.
4. The Pilot Study indicates that more street parking space will be available
during the day if all night street parking is prohibited.
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Recommendations:
1. That the trial period for all night street parking be terminated./
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2. That legislation be enacted at least six months prior to the date of
termination to enable property owners to prepare, obtain or construct
needed off-street parking facilities.
3. That the Zoning Board grant variance when compliance with the Zoning Ordinance
is not feasible.
Respectfull9 Submitted
• Edward Melchen
Asst. Engineer
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ITHACA, NEW YORK
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A chronological summary of the actions of official bodies of the City of
Ithaca with respect to All Night Street Parking.
2-23-54 Traffic Commission: Recognized the lack of off-street spaces for all
` night parking.
3-22 54 Traffic Commission: Recommended that alternate side all night street/
Iparking be given a ninety day trial.
4-23-56 Board of Public Works: Requested discontinuance of all night street
parking.
6-25-56 Traffic Commission: Recommended a special meeting and a public hearing
on all night street parking.
I9-6-56 Traffic Commission: Recommended to Common Council that alternate side
all night street parking be continued until further studies of alternative/
could be made.
9-12-56 Common Council: Approved the Traffic Commission recommendation to
continue alternate side all night street parking until further study
R of alternatives could be made and requested the Planning Board to
aE,' study the problem of overnight parking.
3-28-57 Common Council: Parking & Traffic Committee at a special meeting with
:!' City Department heads and representatives of Cornell University and
Ithaca College initiated studies of residential parking problems.
'l 4-3-57 Common Council: Ane ed the Traffic Ordinance by designating the
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Traffic Commission as the Traffic Advisory Committee.
Ell2-5-58 Common Council: Amended the Traffic Ordinance by deleting therefrom
the Traffic Advisory Committee.
5-15 58 Common Council: Rescinded the 9-12-56 action effective 9-1 58.
6-18-58 Common Council: Rescinded its action of 5-15-58 thereby reaffirming
il its action of 9-12-56. .
2-4_59 Common Council: Requested enabling legislation to authorize the City
of Ithaca to regulate all night street parking and to make a charge
for the parking of vehicles on the city streets.
2-17-59 Assembly Introductory 3736, No. 3881, "An act to authorize the City
`N of Ithaca to regulate overnight parking of motor vehicles and to issue
licenses therefor" introduced, subsequently passed by both Houses and
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vetoed by Governor Rockefeller. City Attorney furnished the following
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1. Reference to "City Magistrate" instead of "City Judge".
CI 2. No specification of a maximum fee for a license.
3. Possible effect of the measure on the power of Cornell University
. Trustees over streets in the University area.
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11-4.59 Common Council: Approved the continuous use of experimental
I regulation issued 9-12-56, entitled "Alternate Side All Night
Street Parking".
1 2-3-60 Common Council: Approved to submit a bill to the legislative
authorizing the City of Ithaca to regulate overnight parking
of motor vehicles and to issue licenses therefor. This
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followed after steps were taken to overcome defects in a bill
previously submitted, and vetoed by Governor.
10-3-62 Common Council: After considerable discussion, resolved to
7 immediately rescind the regulation of alternate side all-night
'' street parking, allowing parking both sides unless otherwise
regulated.
IA11-11-62 Board of Public Works recommends Common Council to amend traffic.
ordinance to prohibit all-night parking in metered zones.
1 2-5-62 Common Council: Approved recommendation of the Board of Public
Works to prohibit all-night parking in metered zones.
3-24-63 Board of Public Works: Requested Common Council to withhold
action to restore alternate side all-night parking on city
streets until further discussion of matter with Charter and
Ordinance Committee•
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5-1-63 Letters: From F. A. McKittrick & E. T. Jeffers to the Council
requesting the reinstatement of alternate side night parking
on city streets.
Common Council: On the request of the Board of Public Works to
withhold on action to restore alternate all-night parking, referred
the matter for joint study of Public Safety Committee, Charter
and Ordinance Committee, Capital Improvements Parking and Traffic
Committee of the Board of Public Works.
5-4x63 Board of Public Works: Authorized its Parking and Traffic Committee
to render assistance to the Common Council Public Safety Committee
in drafting regulations for Alternate Side All-Night Parking.
5-26-63 Board of Public Works: Recommended four alternate parking
regulations in order of preference.
6--5-63 Progress report to Council outlining alternative all-night street
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7-10-63 Common Council: Instructed Charter & Ordinance Committee and
Public Safety Committee to draft regulations for alternate
1 side all-night street parking. Board of Public Works was
requested to assist. /
Motion to have no all-nJP_ . str _Pt parking„ regulation become
general by 1968 was defeated.
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8-6-63 Common Council: Was informed that a rough draft of ordinance
to provide for alternate side all-night street parking has been
forwarded to the State Traffic Commission for approval. It was
. rejected by Council for lack of designation of streets affected.
9-4,63 Common Council: Was informed that State Traffic Commission had
ruled that the City could not provide for alternate side all-night
parking in city streets unless the streets so affected are posted
. accordingly.
Council authorized Mayor, City Attorney and two Aldermen in
favor of alternate side all-night parking to appear before the
State Traffic Commission regarding this matter.
12-4-63 Common Council: Was asked by the Board of Public Works to amend
traffic ordinance to provide for alternate side street parking.
Matter was referred to Public Safety Committee and Charter and
Ordinance Committees for study.
! 1-8-64 Common Council: Motion was made to amend Code of Ordinances by
adding definitions and restrictions concerning alternate side
all-night street parking, but it was referred to the Joint
Committees for further study.
2-5-64 Common Council: Tabled the proposed am9ndment until next meeting.
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Ithaca, New York
June 24, 1957
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SUBJECT: Report of Pilot Study of Residential Parking
FROM: Edward Melchen, Asst. Engr.
TO: Traffic & Parking Committee, Common Council, Ithaca, N.Y.
Gentlemen:
The residential property owner complains that:
1. The property owner with off-street parking facilities should make use of
such facilities.
2. The property owner with space available on his property should develop
his own off-street parking facility for himself and/or his tenant.
3. The property owner who cannot, because of terrain difficulties, or lack of
space, develop off-street parking facilities on his own property, should
provide off-street parking for himself and/or his tenant elsewhere.
4. Cars parked at the curb all day and all night inconvenience the residence
in front of which they are parked in that there is seldom space in which
a doctor, delivery truck, or guest may conveniently park.
5. Steps and walks leading from the curb to the sidewalk and driveways are
often partially or completely blocked for extended periods by cars parked
by inconsiderate drivers, forcing residents to walk in deep snow or mud.
6. The property owner who at his own expense has developed off-street facilities
to rent at modest cost is unable to do so because car owners prefer to
park their cars on the street where no fee is charged.
7. The streets are primarily intended for moving vehicles. /
The increasing frequency with which the above complaints were being received
indicated that a residential parking problem was developing within the City of
Ithaca.
On March 28, 1957, the Traffic and Parking Committee of the Common Council met
with public officials and a representative of Cornell University to discuss and
formally recognize the existence of the residential parking problem. At the April
meeting of the Common Council, the City Planning Director and the City Engineer's
Office were requested to make a pilot study of the area bounded on the north by
Cascadilla Creek, on the east by Dryden Rd. and Cornell St., on the south by Mitchell
Street and State St. and on the west by Eddy St.
The Planning Director furnished the following information about the area
selected for study:
Dwelling Units 886
Cars owned by inhabitants 1045
Off-Street Parking Facilities
Garages & Carports •380 spaces
Other parking spaces 5149 "
Total off-street capacity 929 spaces
Off-street parking shortage 116 "
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The City Engineer's Office supplied the following data obtained in two
consecutive weeks in April, 1957. It may be noted that these two weeks were in
the period between the Cornell University Spring Recess and the annual Spring Weekend
festivities, at a time when parking demand was assumed to be normal and unaffected by
unusual campus activities.
Registration numbers were noted of all vehicles parked on street within the
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Cars Parked All Night On Street
Odd Ni hts Even Ni hts
Car Registration : 4/23/57 4/29/57 4/24/57 30 57
Tompkins County 126 122 163 171
Cornell Student 90 100 130 122
Out of County 70 66 95 81
Total Observed 286 288 388 374
Registration numbers were checked the following afternoon to determine the
number of cars parked all day and all night in the same location on the street:
Dead Storage on Street
Odd Nights Even NiEhts
Car Registration 5/23/57- 4 2 4/24/57 4/30 57
Tompkins County 43 30 52 55
Cornell Student 49 49 69 69
Out of County 18 19 29 36
Total Observed 110 98 150 160
Dead Storage)
(Cars Parked All Night) 38.5% 34.1% 38.7% 42.8%
A physical count was made of cars parked in twenty-five parking areas having
a capacity of 410 cars, or 44% of the total available off-street parking facilities
in the Pilot Study Area.
Night Use of 410 Off-Street Parking Spaces
Odd Nights Even Nights
4/23/57 4/29/57 4/24/57 4/30/57
Vacant 97 91 131 123
Occupied 313 319 279 287
Peroent Occupied 76.3 77.9 68,0 70.0
Average Occupancy , 73%
The data outlined above indicates that:
1. As many as 32% of the available all night off-street parking facilities
checked in this study are vacant at night.
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2. As many as 42.8% of the cars that park all night on the street use the
street as dead storage parking space.
3. The parking habits of the Cornell students are not the sole basis for the
complaints registered, since:
a. At least 163 cars with Tompkins County registration plates and 130
Cornell student cars were observed parked all night on the street
the same night.
b. At least 52 cars with Tompkins County registration plates were
observed using the street as dead storage space at the same time as
69 Cornell student cars.
The following conclusions are based on analysis of the study:
1. At least 116 additional all night off-street parking facilities are needed
in the Pilot Study area to satisfy current demand.
2. The needed off-street parking facilities may be developed by property
owners either individually or cooperatively.
3. The use of Cornell Campus parking areas for all night parking and dead
storage by student owned cars would provide needed space immediately,
although at some inconvenience to the car owner who resides in the area
studied.
4. The prohibition of all night street parking would force the use of all
available off-street parking facilities in the area and on the Cornell
Campus, thus eliminating many of the inconveniences outlined in the
complaints.
5. If nothing is done toward solving the Residential Parking Problem in the
area studied, then it may be assumed that the inconveniences and complaints
would not only continue but would increase as more cars come into the area.
It is recommended that:
1. The comments and conclusions derived from this study be applied at this
time only to the Pilot Study Area and not to any other area of the City of
Ithaca.
2. Further studies of this nature be conducted in other areas of the City of
Ithaca where it may be determined that a residential parking problem exists.
Respectfully Submitted
Edward Melchen
Assistant Engineer
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August 19, 1964
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COMMON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
• ALL-NIGHT STREET PARKING: Upon the request of Alderman Baldini,
Engineer Melchen presented and reviewed maps and charts showing the
present parking regulations in effect on the streets. He also reviewed
official actions taken on the subject since 1954 when alternate-side
night parking was first initiated on a temporary trial basis; and the
various suggested regulations recommended to the Council by the Board
of Public Works in June 1963.
By Alderman Baldini: seconded by Alderman Stallman
WHEREAS, it is recognized by this Common Council that:
1. The use of automobiles in the city is increasing annually.
2. The increased size of automobiles requires more street space.
3. Insufficient off-street parking facilities exist in certain areas
of the City.
4. Eighty three percent of the city streets are too narrow to accommodate
moving two-way vehicular traffic together with parked vehicles.
5. Accumulations of ice and snow, which render the street drainage system
inoperable and thus hasten deterioration of city streets, have an
adverse effect upon the street maintenance budget and Capital
Improvement Program.
6. An acceptable snow removal service is necessary to meet the public
need for reasonable and safe use of city streets for purposes of
travel, deliveries, and emergency service by police, fire, medical,
aubulanoQ and public utility ropair'vohicles.
7. Street cleaning operations are essential to maintain safe, sanitary,
and attractive city streets.
8. The Zoning Ordinance should reflect the need for more off-street
parking spaces.
9. No incentive exists to encourage the use, or development of, off-
street parking spaces, and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the public health, safety and
general welfare that the all-night parking of vehicles on public streets
be regulated; and
COMMON .COUNCIL
ITHACA, NEW YORK
August 19, 1964
CHARTER AND ORDINANCE COMMITTEE
REPORT
• ALL-NIGHT STREET PARKING
• WHEREAS, it is recognized by this Common Council that:
1. The use of automobiles in the city is increasing annually.
2. The increased size of automobiles requires more street space.
3. Insufficient off-street parking facilities exist in certain areas of the City.
4. Eighty three percent of the city streets are too narrow to accommodate
moving two-way vehicular traffic together with parked vehicles.
5. Accumulations of ice and snow, which render the street drainage system
inoperable and thus hasten deterioration of city streets, have an adverse
effect upon the street maintenance budget and Capital Improvoment Program.
6. An acceptable snow removal service is necessary to meet the public need
for reasonable and safe use of city streets for purposes of travel,
deliveries, and emergency service by police, fire, medical, ambulance
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7. Street cleaning operations are essential to maintain safe, sanitary, and
attractive city streets.
8. The Zoning Ordinance should reflect the need fer more off-street parking
spaces.
9. No incentive exists to encourage the use, or development of, off-street
parking spaces, and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the public health, safety and general
welfare that the all-night parking of vehicles on public streets be regulated, and
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary, for the purpose of promulgating an effective
regulation of all-night street parking to, establish the following compatible
objectives which will result in:
1. Reducing the number of vehicles stored all-night on city streets. /
2. Economical and efficient performance of the public works functions./
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3. Reasonable and safe traffic movement.
4. Economical cost of properly signing such regulation.
5. Such regulation being easily understood by the public.
6. Such regulation conforming to the statutes of New York State.
7. Such regulation being efficiently enforced.
8. Providing incentive for the public to use and to develop off-street
parking spaces.
9. Minimizing Capital Budget expenditures, and, now therefore be it
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RESOLVED, that the Common Council declare that:
1. The public streets are primarily constructed and maintained for the
movement of vehicular traffic.
2. Primary responsibility for providing all-night vehicle storage space lies /
with the vehicle owner, and be it further
RESOLVED, that, in the interest of expediting the promulgation of an all-night
street parking regulation, the Chief of Police and the City Traffic Engineer be
directed to develop such regulation for presentation to, and approval by, the
Charter and Ordinance Committee, Public Safety Committee, and the Parking and
Traffic Committee of the B card of Public Works prior to making such regulation
1 effective for a period of ninety days under the provisions of the Traffic
Ordinance Section 15-24 (a), Emergency & Experimental Regulations, and, be it
further
RESOLVED, that the sum of $ be appropriated to Account 187, Traffic
Control, for the purpose of providing and installing those signs necessary for
the effective enforcement of such promulgated Experimental Regulation.
August 19, 1964
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary, for the purpose of promulgating an
effective regulation of all-night street parking to, establish the
following compatible objectives which will result in:
1. Reducing the number of vehicles stored all-night on city streets.
• 2. Economical and efficient performance of the public works functions.
3. Reasonable and safe traffic movement.
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4. Economical cost of properly signing such regulation.
5. Such regulation being easily understood by the public.
6. Such regulation conforming to the statutes of New York State.
. 7. Such regulation being efficiently enforced.
8. Providing incentive for the public to use and to develop off-street
parking spaces.
9. Minimizing Capital Budget expenditures, and, now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Common Council declares that:
1. The public streets are primarily constructed and maintained
for the movement of vehicular traffic.
2. Primary responsibility for providing all-night vehicle
storage space lies with the vehicle owner, and be it further
RESOLVED, that, in the interest of expediting the promulgation of an
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all-night street parking regulation, the Chief of Police and the City
Traffic Engineer be and hereby are directed to develop such regulation
for presentation to, and approval by, the Charter and Ordinance Committee
of the Council, Public Safety Committee of the Council, and the Parking
and Traffic Committee of the Board of Public Works prior to making such
regulation effective for a period of ninety days under the provisions
of the Traffic Ordinance Section 15-24 (a), Emergency & Experimental
Regulations.
AYES: 8 - Macali, Baldini, Hughes, Baldwin, Stallman, Burns, Schmidt,
Hart
NAYS: 4 - Kilby, Bangs, Hunt, Yavits
Carried.
September 2, 1964
ALTERNATE ALL-NIGHT JSTREET PARKiNCT: Alderman Baldini called attention
to a joint report prepared by the Traffic Engineer and Chief of Police,
in accordance with the Councilts directive of August 19th. It contained
several proposed amendments to the traffic ordinance, divided into
four stages to establish alternate-side all night street parking on
the cityls streets. A mimeographed copy of the staged proposals was
distributed to each alderman for consideration but no action was taken
thereon. (See copy attached to minutes)
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COMMON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
CITY OF ITHACA, N.Y.
Regular Meeting 7:30 P.M. September 2, 1964
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ALTERNATE ALL--NIGHT STREET PARKING: Alderman Baldini called attention to a joint
report prepared by the Traffic Engineer and Chief of Police, in accordance with
the Council's directive of August 19th. It contained several proposed amendments
to the traffic ordinance, divided into four stages to establish alternate-side
all night street parking on the city's streets. A mimeographed copy of the staged
proposals was distributed to each alderman for consideration but no action was
taken thereon. (See copy attached to minutes)
Alderman Baldini then offered a resolution to provide for alternate side all-
night parking throughout the entire city on a 90-day trial basis:
By Alderman Baldini: seconded by Alderman Hunt
RESOLVED, that the Traffic Engineer and the Chief of Police be and hereby are
authorized and directed to adopt the following temporary regulation, on a 90-day
trial basis:
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited between 2 A.M. and 6 A.M., as follows:
1. On the odd numbered side of all city streets on the odd numbered days of the
calendar month.
2. On the even numbered side of all city streets on the even numbered days of the
calendar month.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that they be directed to make such regulation effective
as soon as it is possible to post perimeter signs indicating same.
Alderman Baldini stated that J. J. Clynes, Jr., former City Attorney, and our
present attorney have indicated they feel perimeter posting will be sufficient;
and that the City Judge has agreed to enforce it under such posting.
Charles R. Pettis, Jr., 214 South Hill Terrace, appeared before the Council and
urged that all-night parking be not limited to alternate-side parking. Alderman
Kilby concurred. Alderman Bangs opposed the proposal because he felt that people
who live where there is parking only on one side of the street now or where it is
impossible to provide driveways and/or garages will be penalized by having such a
blanket proposal apply to all streets. Alderman Stallman called attention to
the following declaration of the Council dated August 19th:
1. That the public streets are primarily constructed and maintained for the
movement of vehicular traffic.
2. Primary responsibility for providing all-night vehicle storage space lies
with the vehicle owner.
Alderman Baldwin amended the motion and presented it in the following manner:
By Alderman Baldwin: seconded by Alderman McNeill
RESOLVED, that the Traffic Engineer and th e Chief of Police be and hereby are
authorized and directed to adopt the following temporary regulation, on a 90-day
trial basis:
' The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited between 2 A.M. and 6 A.M. as follows: in)cfp
1. On the odd numbered side of all city streets on the odd numbered days of the
calendar month, except where otherwise already restricted.
• 2. On the even numbered side of all city streets on the even numbered days of
the calendar month, except where otherwise already restricted.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that they be directed to make such temporary regulation
effective as soon as it is possible to post perimeter signs indicating same.
AYES: 10 - Macali, Baldini, Hughes, McNeill, Hunt, Baldwin, Stallman, Burns,
Schmidt, Hart
NAYS: 2 - Kilby, Bangs
Motion Carried.
By Alderman Burns: seconded by Alderman Baldwin
RESOLVED, that the Traffic. Engineer be requested to make a study of the effects of
alternate side all-night street parking during its first 30 days of operation and
report his findings thereon to the Council.
Carried.
By Alderman Baldini: seconded by Alderman Hunt
RESOLVED, that the sum of $2,100.00 be and it hereby is appropriated from the
contingent fund to current appropriations, budget account #187 - traffic control,
to finance the purchase and installation of appropriate perimeter signs to enforce
the alternate all-night parking hereinabove authorized.
AYES: 10 - Macali, Baldini, Hughes, McNeill, Hunt, Baldwin, Schmidt, Hart,
Stallman, Burns
NAYS: 2 - Kilby, Bangs Motion Carried
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C9iE A'1ENDMEN7 RESOLUTION # 11-1965'Aldernan Hunt presented and recommended adoption of
' ntl amendment to the traffic ordinance regarding alternate side all-night street arking
q.r.d. it was acted upon as follows :
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By Alderman Hunt : seconded by Alderman Baldini
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Ithaca, New York and it hereby is
s ordained by authority of same that Chapter 14, Article V of the Code of Ordinances be
amended by adding thereto Section 15-124 to read as follows:
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Sec. 15-124. Alternate side all-night street parking prohibited.
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited between 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. as follows:
On the odd numbered side of all city streets on the odd numbered days of the calendar
month, and on the even numbered side of all city streets on the even numbered days of t
the calendar month, except that this ordinance shall not apply on the following streets
when proper signs are in place thereon indicating that 24 hour parking is permitted.
Elm Street 4l19 to I#219
Geneva Street Buffalo St. to 250' North
Geneva Street Court to Cascadilla
W. Spencer Street Cayuga to Albany
Edgemore Lane
Heights Court Highland Ave. to 300' East
Highland Avenue Thurston to Roberts Place
Sears Street •
South Avenue Campus Road to West Avenue
Willard Way Central Block
Wyckoff Avenue Dearborn to Highland
Cayuga Street South Hill Terrace to Spencer Street
Columbia Street Aurora to Hudson
Giles Street Hudson Street to 400' S.E. of Columbia
Grandview Avenue - Aurora to Grandview Court
Hillview Place Aurora to Turner
Pleasant Street
Prospect Street Aurora to Hudson
South Hill Terrace •
E. Spencer Street
Turner Place
Brandon Place
Bryant Avenue Dryden to Ithaca Road
Delaware Avenue Mitchell to Bryant Avenue 4)04.b, H1-01W6 .
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Dryden Road • Maple Grove to Ithaca Road (95-(
Dunmore Place (?R-:-TD Pi to
Elmwood Avenue Oak to Mitchell
Ferris Place 11 D , b�(�r{l3'i'
Harvard Place t(„o-
Linden Avenue
Quarry Street State to Buffalo
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South Titus Avenue Cayuga to Albany X19
Effective May 9, 1965.
AYES: 13
NAYS: 0 Carried and approved by the Mayor. '
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r Dear Mayor:
I 'm sorry to bother you (again) since I realize you're busy
with many major undertakings . Its just that another winter '-
is upon us and after 4 years, my little wall is still in a
pile and I have no guardrails on Aurora• Street to protect
my home from sliding cars and trucks .
Don' t you really think' its about time that the city act on
these items? •
Yours truly,
Richard T. Morrison, Jr. "
Mayor Gutenberger referred the letter to the Supt. of Public
Works .
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!' street parking in •the City of Ithaca.' The need for it, or
any possible changes on any streets that should mot have
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' REPORT OF CORPORATE COUNSEL':
Law Suit' Against 'Civil 'Service
Corp. Counsel Stumbar reported that a law suit was started
this week concerning the Civil Service and a Water Plant
Operator.
REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER:
South Aurora Street Bridge.
City Engineer Novelli reported that the contractor has made
a lot of progress on the job and with the' extra work that
he wanted the contractor to do, and the fact that some other
estimated quantities have come in below what we expected,
the net effect is that we will be under the contract amount
as a total . •
REPORT OF COUNCIL LIAISON:
Youth Facility
Alderman Hoffman. reported that a request for proposals for ,
the Youth Facility has been prepared by Jon Meigs of the
Planning.Department and it is available for review.
Smoking Prohibition at Public Meetings
Alderman ' Hoffman reported that there will be a resolution
presented to Common Council at its November meeting pro-
hibiting smoking in the Chambers during public meetings. '
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Authorization for Superintendent to 'sign Federal' and State '
Grant' 'Offer Segment '2 ,' Ithaca Area Wastewater 'Treatment 'Plant
by Comm. Schickel : Seconded by Comm. Gerkin
WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca, acting as agent for the joint,
owners, City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca and Town of Dryden,
herein called the "Applicant", after thorough consideration
of the various aspects of the problem and study Of available
data, has hereby determined that the planning, design and
construction of certain works , required for the treatment
of sewage , generally described as Construction of Additions
and Modifications to the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment
Plant and identified as Project Number C- 36-1095-03, herein
called the "Project," is desirable and in the public interest,
and to that end it is necessary that action preliminary to planning, design and construction of said Project, be
taken immediately,' and
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Comm." Stone reported that she , Sue Cummings , Carolyn Peterson and
Dan Hoffman had met and had general discussion on the matter of
alternate side parking . It was suggested that it not be called
alternate side parking , but rather it be called- odd and even park-z
ing. This change may ultimately help with some of the confusion
that has been experienced. Comm. Stone said that no action has
been taken, and she will await the Mayor' s appointment of a committee .
West State Street Parking Lot
Comm. Stone reported on the West State Street Parking Lot, which
item had been previously pulled from a full report and not resolved.
The problem has now been resolved . There will be 17 meters that
will remain open to the general public and 17 spots that will be
permanent parking . None of these will affect the number of parking
places that the Fire Department has always had .
Jack Dougherty stated that the State Street parking lot will be on
an experimental basis and when it comes time to incorporate the
change into the Ordinances , a resolution will be forthcoming .
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES:
Planning Board Meeting
Comm. Nichols reported on the Planning Board Meeting of April 23rd.
Discussion was had on six possible properties that the City might
dispose of. The Board had previously adopted a statement of policy
in considering whether to dispose of a certain property. If the
property is not developable and the City has no use for it , then
it may be disposed of. However, decisions have to be made on
general rights-of-warthat need preserving on some of the parcels .
The Planning Board would like some action from the Department of
Public Works .
Jack Dougherty stated that it should first be determined what rights-
of-way are needed before any lands are released .
ADJOURNMENT: •
On a motion, the meeting adjourned at 4 : 50 P.M.
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parking for the tenants of the Eddygate Park Apartments m. ;t be
provided on the project site ; and
WHEREAS , Eddygate Park Associates has requested permissic . From the
City of Ithaca to construct additional parking in the parking facility
which will be designated exclusively for use by Eddygate Park
Associates or their lessees ; now, therefore , be it
RESOLVED, That the City of Ithaca hereby approves the request of
Eddygate Park Associates to build additional parking in the Dry de
Road parking facility for the use of Eddygate Park Associates or
their lessees , if Eddygate Park Associates ' financing sources re,. • ire
it, subject to the following conditions :
A) Eddygate Park Associates shall compensate the City for the r:i . ' `_
to build the additional parking in an amount that is proportion;ally
equal to the amount paid to the City for the air rights to construct
the apartments . The proportion shall be based on the volume of
space required to build both the apartments and the additional
parking , with the cost per cubic foot of the space required to
build the apartments determining the cost per cubic foot of the
space for the additional parking .
B) Eddygate Park Associates shall pay the entire cost of constructing
the additional parking , including planning and design costs and
any additional costs that may be incurred in the City' s portion
of the project as a result of this addition.
C) Eddygate Park Associates shall pay to the City an annual mainten-
ance fee that equitably compensates the City for costs that are
incurred in the City' s portion of the parking facility as a result
of activities associated with Eddygate Park Associates ' portion
of the parking facility; and be it further
RESOLVED , That the City Attorney is authorized to prepare amendments
to the Development Agreement , Mortgage , Note , and Housing Development
Grant Agreement that reflect these changes and that the Mayor is
authorized and directed to sign the amendments to said documents .
Discussion followed on the floor .
Amending Resolution
By Alderperson Killeen: Seconded by Alderperson Haine
RESOLVED, That the project modification include condition "D) The
City shall have the right of first refusal to purchase the additional
parking from the developer if said parking is sought to be severed
from the apartment parcel and sold separately by the owner or a future
owner and,provided further that such right of first refusal is
acceptable to the developer ' s mortgagee ."
Carried Unanimously
Further discussion followed.
A vote on the Main motion as amended resulted as follows :
Ayes (9) - Peterson, Hoffman, Killeen, Haine , Dennis , Holdsworth ,
Cummings , Myers , Romanowski
Nay (1) - Schlather
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/ By Alserperson ummings : Seconded by Alderperson Haine
, WHEREAS , concerns have continually been expressed by the residents
of the City of Ithaca about the advisability of retaining the present
alternate side of the street parking rules ; and
WHEREAS , it is recognized that conditions relating to housing , on-
street parking , street maintenance and public safety are continually
\''''-' changing in the City of Ithaca; and
WHEREAS , alternatives to the present alternate side of the street
j parking rules have been employed successfully in other cities ; now
therefore , be it
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RESOLVED , That said ad hoc committee shall report its findings to
the Board of Public Works and the Common Council at the earliest
possible date .
Discussion followed on the floor .
A vote on the resolution resulted as follows :
Ayes (7) - Peterson , Hoffman, Killeen, Haine , Dennis , Cummings ,
Myers
Nays (3) - Holdsworth , Romanowski, Schlather
Carried
/ Department of Social Services Location
By Alderperson Cummings : Seconded by Alderperson Killeen
WHEREAS , Common Council previously expressed its concern about a
possible decision by Tompkins County to move the offices of the
Department of Social Services (DSS) to a new location outside the
City of Ithaca in a resolution dated February 2 , 1983 , which carried
unanimously; and
WHEREAS , Common Council continues to believe that moving the Depart-
, ment of Social Services away from its present central location in
the City of Ithaca will create severe hardships for the clients of
the Department of Social Services due to the increased travel time
that will be needed to reach the DSS offices , the reduced availability
and frequency of public transportation serving outlying sites and the
isolation of outlying sites from other services , businesses and
cultural resources; now, therefore , be it
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RESOLVED, That Common Council hereby reaffirms its resolution of
February 2 , 1983 , and be it further
RESOLVED, That Common Council does hereby respectfully urge the.
Tompkins County Board of Representatives to keep the offices of the
Department of Social Services in or near their present location in
downtown Ithaca , and be it further
RESOLVED, That the City Clerk is directed to convey this resolution
to each member of the Tompkins County Board of Representatives , with
specific notification of the action of the Common Council to the
five representatives of the City of Ithaca .
Discussion followed on the floor .
A vote on the resolution resulted as follows :
Carried Unanimously
Planning and Development Department Work Plan
Alderperson Cummings reported that the Planning and Development
Board has reviewed the Planning & Development Work Plan and referred
it to the Committee . Copies are available for review from Director
Van Cort .
Zoning Amendment Process
Alderperson Cummings reported that there has been a preliminary
review of a routing sheet devised to tell where zoning changes are
at all times . The plan will be approved by committee and brought to
Council for endorsement .
Lower South Hill 'Zonin' Resuest
luerperson ummings reporte• that residents in the 200 block of
Pleasant Street have requested to have both sides of the street
zoned the same (R-2) and are working with the neighborhood planner
on the matter .
Neighborhood Civic Association Meeting
Alderperson Cummings reported that the Civic Associations had met
XIV. ! ' L,Q Agenda item D.
COMMON COUNCIL MEETING ` r ' ' '
Resolution
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WHEREAS, concerns have continually been expressed by the residents of
the City of Ithaca about the advisability of retaining the
present alternate side of the street parking rules; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that conditions relating to housing, on-street
parking, street maintenance and public safety are continually
changing in the City of Ithaca; and
WHEREAS, alternatives to the present alternate side of the street park-
ing rules have been employed successfully in other cities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor is requested to appoint
an ad hoc committee to study the parking needs of the City
and make recommendations concerning the present on-street
parking regulations and alternatives to that system, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said ad hoc committee shall report its find-
ings to the Board of Public Works and the Common Council at
the earliest possible date.
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TO: Members of the Mayor's Committee on Alternate Side Parking
FROM: Bill Myers
RE: First meeting date Wednesday, July 31st, 7:30
The Mayor has appointed the committee with the following
representation:
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I have scheduled the first meeting for July 31st, 7:30 pm in the
Common Council Chambers. The purpose of this first meeting will
be to trade research that has been gathered on the matter, to
identify resources, and to complete a set of criteria for
analyzing on street parking systems.
I have listed the system criteria that have come to my attention
below and hope committee members will add to it:
Maintain traffic flow.
Facilitate maintenance of the streets.
Give access to utility repairs.
Preserve (enhance) the character of neighborhoods.
Maximize available on street parking.
Not require any zoning changes.
Be understandable to our transient population.
Be explainable inexpensively on street signs.
Be enforceable.
Deny the opportunity for using the streets for long term
automobile storage.
Discourage unnecessary use of automobile fuel .
• At future meetings we will have an opportunity for citizens input
and reports from city staff, especially Planning and Public
Works.
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TELEPHONE: AR 2-1713
CODE 607
FROM: Bill Myers
DATE: July 31, 1985
RE Alternate Side Parking Committee
Attending:
Jack Carpenter, Sean Killeen, Bill Myers, Ben Nichols,
Carolyn Peterson, Nancy Schuler, Dorothy Sholeen, Harold Cohen
NEXT MEETING DATE: Tuesday, September 10, 1985 7:30
at Central Fire Station
The concerns addressed included:
1) Simplification to permit adequate signage
2) Each neighborhood may have different needs
3) Discourage shuffling of cars of side to side
4) Don't use the streets for long term automobile storage.
Suggestions on systems to look into
1) Alternate day parking
even - Monday, Wednesday, Friday
odd - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
2) Alternate week parking
even - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
odd - Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
3) Permit Parking
For the next meeting we will have presentations concerning
1) Street cleaning, snow removal requirements
a) How often
b) When emergency signs are posted
c) Is street cleaning in sync with odd/even parking
d) Are there routes and priorities
2) 24 hour parking
a) Why do some streets have it
b) How can a neighborhood get it
c) Can a neighborhood ask to not have on-street parking
3) Permit parking as suggested by Travis and Travis
4) Enforcement issues
a) When can cars be towed from 24 hour zones
b) what amount of signage is necessary
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'ayor , - - :er commented on the question of alternate
street parking in .the City of Ithaca. The need for it, or
any possible changes on any streets that should not have ioJ
alternate side parking. Alderman Myers has volunteered to Tlr�
lead a task force to look into this matter citywide.
Alternate Street Parkin.
1 erman 'o man as e• if the alternate street: parking problem
is being studied.
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Chair a task force on the matter of alternate parking , and that
he would work with the Parking , Traffic and Transit_ Committee
of the Board . fi f iti
Comm. Stone commented that the Committee will work with Alderman
Myers after the first of the year on this problem.
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Odd-Even Parking Study
Mayor Gutenberger mentioned that Alderman Myers has contacted i
him and he is still willing to work on the odd-even parking
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Street and read the following letter :
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Re. Parking on Hudson Street
If cars can park in the 100 block & 200 block for 24 hrs . why not
the 300 & 400 blocks?
We park our cars in the 400 block, on even nights , in front of our
homes - odd nights we have to park side streets Columbia or
Hillview or even as far away as Pleasant St .
Why can' t there be 24 hr. parking in the 400 block of Hudson St .. ?
Mrs . Robert S. Grover .
410 Hudson St . "
Alderman Holman stated that the pai:king problem in that neighborhood
is horrendous because there are multiple dwellings permitted on. the
lower portion of South Hill . She said that the people in that area
are feeling real pressure at this time and as it will be a while before
the City can look into the matter of parking as a whole , she appeared
before the Board to ask its consideration, through the proper Committee
• in allowing 24 hour parking in the 300 and 400 blocks of Hudson Street
as is permitted in the 100 and 200 blocks .
Resolution
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By Comm. Walker : Seconded by Comm. Schickel
RESOLVED, that the matter of the Board' s consideration to allow 24 -
hour parking in the 300 and 400 blocks of Hudson Street be referred
to the Parking, Traffic and Transit Committee for its review.
Carried
CHARTER AND ORDINANCE COMMITTEE : ) I
Alderman Slattery reported that the committee is i.h receipt of some
revisions which will be coming before the Common Council in February
• in relation to amendment to the Zoning and Sign Ordinances . He said
there are some other matters of old business and one item of -new
business received that evening relative to odd-even parking.
Alderman Slattery also announced he had received a letter from City
Attorney Shapiro in regard to a :seminar dealing with noise which will
be held in Binghamton January 12 thru 14 , 1981 . Anyone interested
may get further details from Alderman Slattery. .
On-street Parking--Residential Neighborhood
Alderman Nichols reported that the committee has worked on on-street
parking, and will continue to work on this item as time permits .
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Banfield Residents
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Al Banfield to the Board:
Alderman
"We , as residents of Lake Avenue , request that parking regulations be
changed so that we may park on the even side of the street every night .
Since parking is not allowed on the side street}Veeundetste cree
many P
many of us find it difficult to park near
would have to be made to allow for snow removal and street
cleaning.
Thank you."
Resolution by Comm.econded b Comm Taclnnes
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RESOLVED, That the petition concerning parking regulations on Lake
Avenue be referred to the Parking , Traffic and Transit Committee of
the Board. Carried Unanimously
Lake -Street Parking Regulations
Alderman David Banfield statea—that he had not o heard
from
Traffic and Transit Committee with reference to P
cerning parking regulations on' Lake Avenue, hichm matter haSuptenof
brought before the Board at the January 29,
Public Works Dingman reported at was taken.manVicetChairmmmlttee.vD
had been out of town and no action
Maclnnes was asked to look into the matter.
Petition for Alternate-side Parking Regulations on Lake Avenue
Comm. Maclnnes reported that the Parking and Traffic Committee had con-
sidered the petition. of Lake Avenue residents for relief from the
alternate-side parking regulations , and presented the following:
Resolution
By Comm. Maclnnes : Seconded by Comm. Walker a-/27 fG
RESOLVED,
1. - That aldermen receiving such petitions , and who intend to submit
them to this Board do so along with the answers to a few preliminary
and pertinent questions , such as :
a. In what ways are the residents inconvenienced by the regulation.
b. Are property owners compounding the problem of parking by not
providing adequate off-street parking where they can.
c. Are landlords encouraging ; on-street parking by charging
substantial fees for off-street parking.
d. Is the surrounding neighborhood suffering from a general problem
of parking congestion, and if so , why.
In the opinion of the committee the aldermen concerned are in a far bette
position to provide at least tentative answers to these questions than al
members of this Board.
2. That the Common Council review the assumptions that underlie the
' present parking regulations , in a meeting that allows spokesmen
from the Department of Public Works , the Police Department , and the
Planning Department to all submit opinions concerning the overnight
storage of private vehicles on public thoroughfares . Following this
review, Council might vote to decide whether or not it supports the
same assumptions that moved the Council of 1964 to adopt the regulati
The Board of Public Works feels that such a re-evaluation of the
general philosophy behind the law is essential to its recommenda-
tions , since the ad hoc granting of exceptions threatens to vitiate
the regulation of its impact.
3. That , in the meantime , the Department of Public Works send a copy
of the 1964 Common Council resolution on parking regulations to each
member of the Planning and Zoning Appeals Boards , to remind or inform
them of the intention behind what is now the law.
4. That the NO PARKING sign near the corner of Lake and Cascadilla
Streets be re-located to its original position.
Discussion followed on the floor. 44„
A vote on the resolution resulted as follows :
Carried Unanimously •
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' Parking Regulations*
Alderman Nichols called attention to a resolution passed by the Board
of Public Works , at its February 27 , 1980 meeting , in which they ask
the Council for additional informati.on . when referring petitions concerr.
. ing parking to the Board. In addition , the Board referred to the 1964
Common Council resolution on parking regulations, reminding the Council
of the intention behind what is now the law. ,
Resolution
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By Alderman Banfield: Seconded by Alder man Nichols
RESOLVED, That the Council refer the report of the Board of Public Work
to the Charter and Ordinance Committee.
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Report on all-night street parking
Alderman Slattery reported that the Board of Public Works had met on the
all-night street parking problem, reviewed a petition by neighbors in
the Lake Street Area, sent it back to the Common Council ; the -Charter ani
1 Ordinance Committee reviewed the original recommendation dated August 19
1 1964 regarding all-night street parking.
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By Alderman Slattery: Seconded by Alderman Gutenberger
RESOLVED, That the problem related to all-night street parking be referri
. to the Planning Board for a meeting with the Charter and Ordinance
Committee and the Parking, Traffic and Transit Committee of. the .Board of
Public Works .
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Next Meeting
Tuesday, October 8, 1985 7:30 p.m.
City Hall Conference Room
Alternate Side Parking Committee Minutes
September 10, 1985
ATTENDING: Jack Carpenter, Jack Dougherty, Sean Killeen, William Myers,
Carolyn Peterson, Dorothy Sholeen, Guy VanBenschoten
Jack Dougherty gave an explanation of Street Cleaning and Snow Removal
in the City.
STREET CLEANING
1) Downtown Business District - The Central Business District streets
are cleaned every weekday night between 1 and 6:30 a.m. The West
End business areas are cleaned two or three times a week. Collegetown
business district, downtown peripheral district, and Meadow Street are
cleaned two times a week.
2) The other areas of the City are cleaned between 10 p.m. and 1:30 a.m.
on a rotating basis. It is expected that each street will be cleaned
4 times between April 1 and December 1.
3) Daytime cleaning is done as crews are available.
4) "Street Work Emergency" signs are posted for day time work
-Spring clean up
-Fall leaf clean up
-Snow removal
-Road work
It takes approximately 4 persons hours Ito post emergency signs.
They are posted 24 hours in advance of street work.
SNOW REMOVAL
1) Salting is done to clear traffic lanes only and does not impact
with the alternate side parking arrangement.
2) During a storm the first priority is to clear the hills for traffic.
3) The second priority is to open the other main arteries.
4) When the storm is over, the priority is to open traffic to the
lesser streets. No attention is paid to alternate side parking
at this atage.
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Alternate side parking is used to a) provide one clear side of the
street and b) to give more room for the plow trucks to manuveur.
6) The final step of snow removal is to haul the snow to Southwest
park should it pile up too high.
Jack also presented costs for manufacturing and installing parking
signs in the City. It costs $12.50 to make a parking sign. If
the post is not installed, it costs $25.00 to install it. If there
are already posts on the street,two signs can be attached together.
A plan that is not relatively uniform city wide would require more
signage.
Jack agrees to get parking regulations for various parts of the
city on a map from Frank Gombas.
The most popular plan at the meeting was to do away with 24 hour
parking and replace it with three days in one side, four on other.
Jack mentioned the drawback of 4 days without exposing one side
of street. This means no snow removal to curbline. But residents,
Police, DPW have all complained about the unwieldiness of 24 hour
parking.
Discussion was held on different types of parking plans that could
be available to Ithaca:
November - March parking with different plan in warm months.
Night Time Parking at meters.
Incentive to develop off street marking to property owners.
At the next meeting the Committee will review the parking maps and
recommend changes or strategies for change. Several parking strategies
will be reviewed for appropriateness for each neighborhood (business,
residential , multi-family, borderline) . The subsequent meeting
will allow for public comment on the proposed changes.
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ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850
DEPART MINI Of TELEPHONE.272-1713
PLANNING &DEVELOPMENT CODE 607
H.MATTHYS VAN COOT,DIRECTOR
MEMORANDUM
To: Alternate Side Parking Committee
From: Jon Meigs , Planning and Development ': _
Sub: Additional Alternative Parking System Proposal
Date: October 29, 1985
A new system has been proposed for consideration in lieu of
the 3-4 system we decided to focus on at our October meeting. This new
system offers simplicity, convenience, and MORE PARKING. It might most
descriptively be called The Six-Day System, and works thus :
. 24-hour parking would be allowed six days a week on
each side of a street on which parking is permitted
. No parking would be allowed on that side for a few
hours , one night per week, for sweeping and plowing
. The 'no parking night' would be assigned systematically
on a sequential basis , allowing a parker to use the next
street over when tonight is the one this street is off
limits
. Snow Emergency routes could be designated to ensure that
critical routes would be cleared when needed
. Other special parking and traffic control measures could
be installed as appropriate and desired, such as a
residential parking permit program, to operate in con-
junction with the Six-Day System
. Signs denoting the 'off night' would be needed for each
block front; in many instances they might be able to
be mounted on existing sign standards
This system would be easily understood by new arrivals in Ithaca ;
even one-time visitors wouldn't be likely to be confused or inconvenienced
provided they read a sign with a simple message such as "No Parking This
Side (day) (hours) ." Further, the likelihood of being wrong would be re-
duced from the present 50%+ to no more than 20%.
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Enforcement would also be simple. Violations would be obvious
to residents and police alike. Sign-coding could aid identification of
streets for purposes of patrol , cleaning, towing of offenders , and park-
ing search.
A major asset of this system is the increase in parking space
availability. Presently on the typical block only two sides are open
to all-night parking; under the Six-Day System, all four sides would
frequently be available, three sides often, and (if properly applied)
there would never be only two sides open. Special conditions would
obviously result in some reduction, as in cases where safety consider-
ations require a total ban on one side, but in most cases an on-street
space would be legal 85% of the time. This translates roughly into a
70% increase in the supply of on-street space, with only the initial
direct cost of signage.
With some adjustment and refinement, after closer scrutiny ,
the Six-Day System should show significant advantage over the proposed
3-4 system.
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ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 R,V`;`iI!'-' (. 1).7%1.
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Next Meeting
+Tuesday; October 8, 1985 7:30 p.m`..
City Hall Conference Room
Alternate Side Parking Coinmittee Minutes
September 10, 1985
ATTENDING: Jack Carpenter, Jack Dougherty, Sean Killeen, William Myers ,
Carolyn Peterson, Dorothy 'Sholeen, Guy VanBenschoten
Jack Dougherty gave an explanation of Street Cleaning and Snow Removal
in the City.
STREET CLEANING
1) Downtown Business District - The Central Business District streets
are cleaned every weekday night between 1 and 6:30 a.ni. The West
End business areas are cleaned two or three times a week. Collegetown
business district, downtown peripheral district, and Meadow Street are
cleaned two times a week.
2) The other areas of the City are cleaned between 10 p.m. and 1:30 a.m.
on a rotating basis. It is expected that each street will be cleaned
4 times between April 1 and December 1.
3) Daytime cleaning is done as crews are available.
4) "Street Work Emergency" signs are posted for day time work
-Spring clean up
-Fall leaf clean up
-Snow removal
-Road work
It takes approximately 4 persons hours to post emergency signs.
They are posted 24 hours in advance of street work.
SNOW REMOVAL
1) Salting is done to clear traffic lanes only and does not impact
with the alternate side parking arrangement.
2) During a storm the first priority is to clear the hills for traffic.
3) The second priority is to open the other main arteries.
.4) . When the storm is over, the priority is to open traffic to the
lesser streets. No attention is paid to alternate side parking
at.. this stage.
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5) During the clean up stage, the snow is pushed back to the curbline.
Alternate side parking is used to a) provide one clear side of the
street and b) to give more room for the plow trucks to manuveur.
6) The final step of snow removal is to haul the snow to Southwest
park should it pile up too high. •
Jack also presented costs for manufacturing and installing parking
signs in the City. It costs $12.50 to make a parking sign. If
the post is not installed, it costs $25.00 to install it. If there
are already posts on the street,two signs can be attached together.
A plan that is not relatively uniform city wide would require more
signage.
Jack agrees to get parking regulations for various parts of the
city on a map from Frank Gombas.
The most popular plan at the meeting was to do away with 24 hour
parking and replace it with three days in one side, four on other.
Jack mentioned the drawback of 4 days without exposing one side
of street. This means no snow removal to curbline. But residents,
Police, DPW have all complained about the unwieldiness of 24 hour
parking.
Discussion was held on different types of parking plans that could
be available to Ithaca:
November - March parking with different plan in warm months.
Night Time Parking at meters.
Incentive to develop off street marking to property owners.
At the next meeting the Committee will review the parking maps and
recommend changes or strategies for change. Several parking strategies
will be reviewed for appropriateness for each neighborhood (business,
residential , multi-family, borderline) . The subsequent meeting
will allow for public comment on the proposed changes.
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CITY OF ITHACA
108 EAST GREEN STREET
ITHACA, NEW YORK 141350
TELEPHONE: 272-1713
COMMON COUNCIL CODE 607
MEMORANDUM
To: Alternate-Side Parking Committee:
Carolyn K. Peterson-,
Richard S. Booth -
Benjamin Nichols ✓
Donald Slattery
Marc A. Albanese
From: 4A.4000, . 11.1v ,
Subj : Call-To-Meeting
Dater • 98..
Our next meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 8, 1986
at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room, City Hall .
Our agenda will include a reassessment of the tentative conclusions
reached by the Committee last fall in light of recent developments such as a
resident parking permit system and spillover effects of the meter enforce-
ment program.
SK/mc(pt;)
cc: John C. Gutenberger
Susan Blumenthal
Susan Cummings
John Dougherty
H. M. Van Cort
Community Access Bulletin Board/ACC
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t, Parking Committee has been studying the issue and has •been inspired by
R._ - the East Hill Study and Mr . Mazzarella where • alternate.,side; park$.•Ag
recommendations is an important concern in that neighborhood and,'' •n
If other parts of the city. The committee is meeting Apia- 8 at ;7:30 p .m.
in the Conference Room. Caroline Peterson and Dick, Booth, have,,agreed
• : '' to serve on the committee, as well as Don Slattery- and .MarcAlbanese.
-of the Board of Public Works . '.1.7 ' :-..-0,;; .41 ',;-., '11Lf , t� .! J ril •
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- UNFINISHED AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS: - - �+<<,' ,, ,:
Summary f Meeting of Committee of the Whole : : + =- -
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By Alderperson Schlather: Seconded by Alderperson Hoffman .;
RESOLVED, That the following summary of the February 17 , ::1986 Committee
of the Whole meeting of Common Council is approved::, ,/a{ c;
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Summary of Meeting of Committee of the Whole -
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An unofficial meeting of the Committee of the Whole ,:called by Mayor
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' Gutenberger, occurred on February 17, 1986 and..was ;attended ,by all
Fit; 'iInembers of Council . At that meeting, the Mayor ,outlined a proposal to
which he and County Board Chair Mary Call had agreed, for the reloca-
tion of the County Department of Social Services to City Hall .
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•,:':r -Under the .proposal , the City ' would 'agree• to - sell'- City at and- its -
' ' Annex (and' the' land they occuliy) to a third party for 'at''least ` '
• $600 ,000.. contingent upon the third party guaranteeing a long-term lease
. to DSS. If' the composite federal and state .reimbursement rate for . '
• ' -functions of the DSS should change from its present level of 71% , the
local impact of such a change would be shared - 65% by the City and 35%
by the County.
The Mayor requested that the Committee of the Whole• take a vote on this
- proposal , so that the County Board could- consider the concept at its
February 18 meeting .
;..-_ Schlather moved to amend the proposal by deleting the :requirement that
`M"` : the''City'''assume-"any�'share of - the"•local`'-imiia6t•'•�o Volt i '�•chang in'�'the •')
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reimbursement rate . The motion died for lack of a second.
.." A second amendment moved by Alderperson Hoffman that proposed a change
,;` r in the local coverage of lost reimbursement to 35% City, 65% County
:;fir;:;. was defeated, 5- 6 .
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. Ayes (5) - Schlather, Romanowski , Booth, Hoffman, Peterson
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.',, '...: Nays (6) - Lytel , Cummings, Killeen, Dennis,. Haine, Gutenberger•l'4•41;i4e1.+4••. r• : •• ` -• •ti• - M• Y}J.: .:- r• "`, .1 ''--i'ir.. • .....t:•t 1_-. 1_ of the"Whole - then' Voted -8-2• Iii• ravo�`r of thy . Ia or' s
hg " ' ro osal Schlather and Romanowski dissenting solely because of-the
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.3 City coverage of lost reimbursement• requirement) :- :,t:" lc. ;<;: r : :::1 .-
The Committee of the Whole was unanimous in its 'desire to .retaLn the
DSS in downtown Ithaca . ,
Carried Unanimously: .
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NEW BUSINESS:
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Hangar Theatre • - . ' ?:?
Alderperson Dennis inquired about the status of ' the Hangar Theatre t`
which is $4 , 000 short of its goal, and was told the theatre would 1
raise the money.
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ADJOURNMENT: ' l
The Regular session adjourned at 12 :05 a.m. at.. which: .time) the Counc! 1
adjourned into Executive session. tt1
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