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Resolution to Approve a Residential Parking District in the Old Fourth Ward and Appropriate General Fund Unobligated Fund Balance ($20,985.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution to establish a Residential Parking Permit (RPP) district in the Old Fourth Ward (OFW). Also attached is a Traffic Control Order (TCO) indicating streets to be signed for residential parking.
The streets to be included are as follows, excluding frontage for non-residential properties:
1. E Ann St, N Division St to Glen Ave
2. Catherine St, N Fifth Av to N Ingalls St
3. N Division St, E Huron St to High St
4. Elizabeth St, E Kingsley St to High St (west side only)
5. High St, N Division St to N State St
6. E Huron St, N Division St to N Ingalls St (north side only)
7. N Ingalls St, E Huron St to E Kingsley St
8. E Kingsley St, N Division St to N Ingalls St
9. Lawrence St, N Division St to N Ingalls St
10. N State St, E Huron St to High St (excludes west side Kingsley to High, St Thomas Church)
11. N Thayer St, E Huron St to E Kingsley St
Streets currently signed for “no parking” or other restrictions will remain the same. The inclusion of a street signed for “no parking” in the District allows residents fronting that street to be eligible to participate, purchase a permit and park on another RPP Designated street within the OFW RPP District.
The OFW Association has been in discussions with Councilmembers Smith and Briere because of the impending increase in parking demand associated with the opening of the new University of Michigan dormitory at State and Huron. While parking in the area has already been a problem, the OFW Association has been unsuccessful in multiple attempts to achieve the required signatures for a petition to establish a RPP District due to the low number of long term residents in the area. As a result, we are recommending the district be established by waiving the requirement that the association submit ...
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