10th Street PARKING STUDY------------------------------------
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM:
SUBMITTED BY:
DATE: September 17, 2015
BACKGROUND: Currently there are 20 angled parking spaces along 10111 Street between Beach
A venue and the dune crossing to the beach. I 0 of these spaces are allocated to the adjacent condos
and the 1 0 eastenunost spaces are public parking. Exiting this area of I 0111 Street is difficult. Cars are
often seen backing to the cloister entrance or to Beach A venue to perfonn a Y turn when exiting the
parking area. Backing along 10 111 is in direct conflict with cars entering the parking area and with cars
exiting the Cloister Condominium. Occasional, illegal, parallel beach parking compounds the
problem.
The attached parking study was recently completed to consider changes to parking along I 0111 to
address this situation. Reverse angled parking was found to have no advantage . However, a change
from angled parking to 90 degree parking has some advantages and disadvantages as detailed in the
study. 90 degree parking would eliminate the backing movement but would eliminate 3 highly
valued beach parking spaces.
BUDGET: Undetennined
RECOMMENDATIONS: Commission consider a change to 90 degree parking in conjunction with
the discussion of proposed traffic flow changes at the Cloisters Condominium.
ATTACHMENTS: Parking study dated August 2015 .
REVIEWED BY CITY MANAGER:
lO th Street PARKING STUDY
Prepared For:
City of Atlantic Beach
Department of Public Works
Prepared By:
Connelly &. Wicker Inc.
CONNELLY & WICKER INC .
10060 Skinner Lake Drive, Suite 500
Jacksonville, Fl 32246
(904) 265-3030
C.A. No . 3650
AUGUST 2015
Table of Contents
Summary
Exhibits
A. Existing parking -angled parking
B. Proposed parking-90° parking option
SUMMARY
This report documents the loss of parking spaces expected when the existing
angled parking along 1oth Street east of Beach A venue is changed to 90° degree
parking.
Project Location-lOth Street east of Beach Avenue, City of Atlantic Beach
Right-of-way width -less than 40 feet
Software used -Autoturn
Number of Existing parking spaces
· 10 restricted spaces
10 public spaces
Number of proposed 90° parking spaces
10 restricted spaces
- 7 public spaces
EXHIBIT A
Existing Angled Parking
11 1 0 restricted spaces
11 10 public spaces
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90° Parking Option
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