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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20250422_Commission_OnStreetParkingMgmtOn-Street Parking Management for Winter Maintenance 1 Bozeman City Commission April 22, 2025 Work Session 2 Agenda: •Operational challenges induced by on-street parking •Street Maintenance •Emergency Services •Transportation Services •2025 Odd-Even Parking Pilot Program •Program description •Lessons learned •Policy Alternatives •No Action •Permanent Restrictions •Alternate-side Restrictions •Expansion of Overnight Restrictions •Questions for Staff •Commission Feedback Proposed Area: Tuesday Grader Route (Red) 2024-2025 Snow Year Totals 3 Streets Division: •84” of accumulation across 43 snow events •45,963 lane miles of street plowed and graded •2,605 miles of sidewalks and shared use paths plowed •1300 hours of snow hauling on Main St (9 times) and the downtown core (6 times) •$1,431,720 total cost of service for labor, material, and equipment. Operational Challenges - Street Maintenance 4 Service Goal: •Clear each local street once per week after 4” of accumulation Operation: •Service performed using motor graders equipped with snow gates and support equipment Production Target: •4 mph per grader Parking Requirement: •Clear access to curb for snow storage Operational Challenges - Street Maintenance 5 Service Goal: •Clear each local street once per week after 4” of accumulation Operation: •Service performed using motor graders equipped with snow gates and support equipment Production Target: •4 mph per grader Parking Requirement: •Clear access to curb for snow storage Operational Challenges - Street Maintenance 6 Service Goal: •Clear each local street once per week after 4” of accumulation Operation: •Service performed using motor graders equipped with snow gates and support equipment Production Target: •4 mph per grader Parking Requirement: •Clear access to curb for snow storage Operational Challenges – Emergency Services 7 Source: Orange County (CA) Fire Authority, Fire Master Plan for Commercial & Residential Development International Fire Code Standards •503.2.1Dimensions. Fire apparatus access roads shall have an unobstructed width of not less than 20 feet (6096 mm), exclusive of shoulders, except for approved security gates in accordance with Section 503.6, and an unobstructed vertical clearance of not less than 13 feet 6 inches (4115 mm) Operational Challenges – Emergency Services 8 City of Bozeman Street Widths Operational Challenges – Emergency Services 9 City of Bozeman Standard Street Width Lily Drive, 35’ curb-to-curb Operational Challenges – Emergency Services 10 City of Bozeman Legacy Street Width S. Grand, 31’-32’ curb-to-curb Operational Challenges – Transportation Services 11 Services Impacted by Surface and Width: •School Buses •Galavan •Mail & Deliveries 2025 Odd-Even Parking Pilot Program Review 12 Trial program for alternate-side parking restrictions 2025 Odd-Even Parking Pilot Program Review 13 Lessons Learned: •Success depended on compliance •Blocks with clear access to curb increased productivity •Compliance depended on: •Parking Utilization •Blocks with high utilization of on-street parking saw little movement •Physical Signage •Resident compliance higher than transitional parkers •Enforcement •Many chose to ignore knowing regs wouldn’t be enforced Thank You, Volunteers and Feedback! Policy Alternatives 14 •Peer City Review Criteria •U.S. Cities •50,000 population min. •Highest average annual accumulation Policy Alternatives 15 No Action •Maintain status quo, no additional parking management •Impact to Street Maintenance •Continued service failure •Impact to Emergency Services •Continued risk of service failure •Impact to Parking Supply •None Policy Alternatives 16 Permanent Restrictions •Permanent restriction of parking on one side of the street •Applied to streets under 35’ width •Examples: N Grand, N Tracy, S Black, S Church, E Story, W Koch •Requires moderate level of additional Park Enforcement •Impact to Street Maintenance •Ability to meet level of service •Impact to Emergency Services •No risk of service failure •Impact to Parking Supply •Significant •~50% of streets <35’ width •50% parking removal on those streets N. Grand, 31’-32’ curb-to-curb Policy Alternatives 17 Alternate-side Restrictions •Seasonal restriction of parking alternating on one side of the street •Permanent adoption of Odd-Even Parking Pilot Program •Requires significant increase Parking Enforcement and fines •Impact to Street Maintenance •Ability to meet level of service •Moderate cost of sign installation •$16 per sign / $75 per assembly •~1000 signs estimated •Impact to Emergency Services •No risk of service failure •Impact to Parking Supply •Temporary •Applied to all streets without existing parking restrictions Policy Alternatives 18 Expansion of Overnight Restrictions •Increase zone of existing 2am-7am parking restriction •Lamme to Olive, N 7th/8th to Broadway/S Wallace •Requires moderate level of additional Parking Enforcement •Impact to Street Maintenance •Ability to meet level of service in applied area •Moderate cost of sign installation •Impact to Emergency Services •No risk of service failure •Impact to Parking Supply •Temporary Applied to all Green zones currently with all-day parking Questions for Staff & Commission Feedback •Level of Parking Impact•Preferred Alternative(s)•Months Applied to Seasonal Restrictions