11-16-23 STOP Committee Adopted MinutesMINUTES
Safety, Traffic and Parking Committee Meeting #6
Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 6:00 PM
Commission Chamber
Committee Priorities
Review of Parking Standards
Parking Enforcement
Paid Parking Program
Speed Limit Review*
Uniform Standards for Design of Streets*
Pedestrian and Bicycle Connectivity and Safety*
(*Community Safety Action Plan Steering Committee work)
Present: Richard Arthur, Chair
Ken Caudle, Member
Brinkley Harrell, Member
Frederick Jones, Vice Chair
John Reich, Member
James Johnson, Member
Grace Neville, Secretary
Absent:
Michael Tari, Member
Kelly Fanning, Member
Also Present: William B. Killingsworth, City Manager (CM)
Kevin Hogencamp, Deputy City Manager (DCM)
Amanda Askew, Planning & Community Development Dir. (PCDD)
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Chair Arthur called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. Secretary Neville called the roll. Vice Chair
Jones participated in the meeting via Zoom.
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the Safety, Traffic and Parking Committee held on October 19, 2023 will be
published and considered at a future meeting.
2. COURTESY OF FLOOR TO VISITORS
No visitors addressed the Committee
3. DETERMINATION OF MEETINGS' LENGTH AND MEETING SCHEDULE (CHAIR
ARTHUR)
Safety, Traffic and Parking Committee
November 16, 2023
• Committee members agreed by consensus to strive to wrap-up discussions at about 7:30 p.m.
at each meeting, and then discuss items for the next agenda.
• The Committee agreed by consensus to hold its next meeting on December 14 and resume
meeting on the Third Thursday of each month in January. Meetings are at 6 p.m.
4. CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING COMMITTEE
TIMELINE/SCOPE
Staff provided document titled "STOP Committee: City Manager Recommended Work
Plan/Timeline" (which is attached hereto and made part of this Official Record as
Attachment A).
Attachment A - STOP Committee City Manager Recommended Work Plan Timeline
Amanda Askew, Planning, Community Development and Building Department
Director, reviewed parking standards as addressed in the City Code (Chapters 19. 21,
24), the 2030 Comprehensive Plan, and Florida Statutes, setting the framework on what
parking standards are codified (which is attached hereto and made part of this Official
Record as Attachment B).
Attachment B - Parking Standards and site lines
5. PRIORITY - PARKING STANDARDS
• After considerable discussion, Committee members agreed by consensus that parking spaces
available to the public should be demarcated clearly and discernably and that parking zones will
be established.
• Committee members and City Manager Killingsworth agreed that City Manager Killingsworth
will draft policies pertaining to parking standards addressing the four policy questions in the
document titled "STOP Committee: City Manager Recommended Work Plan/Timeline".
6. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA
• Beach Renourishment Funding Assistance Program -Parking
• Priority - Parking Standards
7. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further discussion, Chair Arthur declared the meeting adjourned at 7:57 p.m.
Attest:
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Kevin Hogenc p, D M
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Safety, "Traffic and Parking Committee
November 16, 2023
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STOP COMMITTEE
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED WORK PLAN/TIMELINE
PRIORITIES
Review of Parking Standards
Parking Enforcement
Paid Parking Program
Speed Limit Review *
Uniform Standards for Design of Streets *
Pedestrian and Bicycle Connectivity and Safety
(* Community Safety Action Plan Steering Committee work)
Part 1: Parking (December 2023 -March 2024)
November -December 2023
Priority: Review of Parking Standards
Policy recommendations pertaining to standards for residential on -street and right-of-way parking spaces.
• Policy Question 1: Should parking spaces in the city be clearly delineated? If so, how (with signage,
striping, etc.) and where (citywide, near beach accesses, near parks, etc.)?
• Policy Question 2: Should the City require that some or all rights-of-way obstructions that prevent
parking be removed, and whether vegetative obstruction is exempt?
• Policy Question 3: Should the City allocate funding to demarcate public parking spaces?
• Policy Question 4: Should parking standards be uniform communitywide, or should there be some
community parking districts (i.e. Old Atlantic Beach, beach accesses, parks)?
January -February 2024
Priority: Paid Parking Program
Policy recommendations for improving the Beaches Town Center and 18th -19th Street pay -for -parking programs
• Policy Question 1: Should the 18th -19th Street paid -parking program area be extended? If so, to where?
• Policy Question 2: Should either or both paid -parking program times and seasons be changed? If so, to
what?
• Policy Question 3: Should residential parking permits be issued? If so, where?
• Policy Question 4: Should the overtime parking fine amounts be the same citywide?
• Policy Question 5: How should net paid -parking revenue be allocated?
March 2024
Priority: Parking Enforcement
Policy recommendations for improving parking enforcement on on -street and right-of-way parking spaces.
• Policy Question 1: Should funding for parking enforcement be budgeted to better enforce parking
regulations (i.e. no parking on sidewalks, near a fire hydrant, on the street near a stop sign, etc.)? If so,
how much?
0 Policy Question 2: Should pay -for -parking pricing be demand -based?
Attachment A
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Part 2: Community Safety Action Plan Steering Committee (May 2024 -October 2024)
Priority: Speed Limit Review
Policy recommendations providing a framework for establishing residential speed limits throughout the
community.
• Policy questions TBD
Priority: Uniform Standards for Design of Streets (May -July 2024)
Policy recommendations to create streets and intersections that facilitate safe, accessible, convenient, and
comfortable walking and bicycling.
• Policy questions TBD
Priority: Pedestrian and Bicycle Connectivity and Safety (July -October 2024)
Policy recommendations to provide a framework for focusing the community's attention on improving
conditions for bicycling and walking. This plan will lay out a vision for improving safety, examining existing
conditions, and using a data -driven approach to match safety programs and improvements with demonstrated
problems.
• Policy questions TBD
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Chapter 24
General Parking Design Standards (Residential Arec
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Chapter 24 - general parking standards
Parking areas shall be arranged for convenient access and the safety of
pedestrians and vehicles (section 24-161(a)
Parking areas and driveways shall not obstruct stormwater facilities, drainage
swales or clear vehicular sight distance (section 24-161(a)
Parking for residential uses shall be located within paved or stabilized driveways,
private garages or carports or such areas intended for the day-to-day parking of
vehicles. Vehicles shall not be routinely parked within grassed or landscaped
areas of a residential lot (section 24-161 (b)
Min. head in parking space 9' x 18' (section 24-161 (h)
Min. parallel parking space 8' x 22'
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Chapter 21
TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLES
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Prohibits parking;
On sidewalks
Within 7 feet of a public/private driveway
Within 20 feet of an intersection
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant
On crosswalks and within 20 feet of a crosswalk
Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, or
traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway (measured from the
pavement markin
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Chapter 21-17
Except when in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, or when necessary to avoid conflict
with other traffic no person shall stop, stand or park a motor vehicle, or any part thereof
(i) On the following roadways and rights-of-way, except
as provided in subsection (j):
(1) East Coast Drive
(2)Ocean Boulevard
(3)Sherry Drive (from Plaza to Atlantic Boulevard)
(4)Seminole Road
(5) Plaza (except for the 300 Block)
(6) Royal Palms Drive
(7)Sailfish Drive (except for the 600 through 900 Blocks)
(8)Levy Road
(9) Dutton Island Road
(10) Donner Road
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(j) On the unpaved portions of the following rights-of-
way, except between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00
a.m. or as approved under section 6-18 of this Code:
(1) East Coast Drive
(2) Ocean Boulevard
(3) Sherry Drive (from Plaza to Atlantic Boulevard)
(4) Seminole Road
(5) Plaza Dr. (except for the 300 Block and the south side of Plaza Dr. immediately
adjacent to Russell Park)
(6) Royal Palms Drive
(7) Sailfish Drive (except for the 600 through 900 Blocks)
(8) Levy Road
(9) Dutton Island Road or
(10) Donner Road
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Chapter 19
Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places
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Concerns with Chapter 19
Parking pads
* Landscaping
Sight line triangles
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2030 Comprehensive Plan
Policy E.l .l .8 The City shall continue to allow parking along public rights-of-
way for the purpose of providing parking for beach access, provided such
parking does not interfere with pedestrian or vehicular safety and does not
excessively result in damage to public or private property.
Policy D.1.4.2 The City shall maintain all beach parking existing as of the
date of this Plan, and reduction in the number of public parking spaces
available at beach accesses shall not be permitted unless such eliminated
spaces are replaced in equal numbers and within similar proximity to the
beach.
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Concerns with Chapter 19
Request to install landscaping and parking pads within the
ROW have been and continue to be a problem.
When installed they give the appearance of private
property and discourage public parking on the
roadway/ROW
Sight line triangles are difficult to enforce and understand
and create unsafe conditions
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Sec. 19-2. - Permits and revocable licenses required.
(e) All requests for use of or construction within a right-of-
way shall be evaluated based on the benefit of said use
or construction to the general public and the degree to
which the benefit to and convenience gained by a
private property owner conflicts with or outweighs the
benefit to the general public for the use of the affected
right-of-way
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Sec. 19-7. - Construction of driveways in rights-of-
way.
(c) Any construction within the city's rights-of-way shall not
adversely affect or restrict public parking in the rights-of-way.
(d) No parking aprons shall be allowed in the city's rights-of-way
along arterial (through) streets listed in city Code subsection 2 ) -
(h) .
(e) Any improvements in the city's rights-of-way that are not part of
a driveway or sidewalk shall be constructed of turf block or other
pervious material.
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Issues
Based on the current code, parking pads must be constructed of pervious
material and are not allowed on arterial streets. Beyond that, the code is
subjective and leaves it up to the Public Works Director.
The city has multiple instances where almost 100% of the right-of-way is paved
and appears like it is private property. These areas "look" like private parking
spaces and prevent on-site infiltration of water. In some intenseness, property
owners have placed "no parking" signs on this public parking within the right-
of-way.
Staff suggest criteria to provide clear guidance when reviewing these requests
to create consistent enforcement and development.
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