HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-018 One Way Street and Alleys - Amending YMC 9.50.290AN ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 2020-018
amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code Chapter 9.50.290 One-way
streets and alleys to add a portion of South 4th Avenue and a portion of
South 6th Avenue.
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima received a grant to improve the sidewalks adjacent to
Hoover Elementary School through the TIB Complete Streets program; and
WHEREAS, the street adjacent to Hoover Elementary School experience a high level of
congestion during the morning and afternoon periods when school is starting and ending; and
WHEREAS, there are also a number of students who walk to and from school from the
neighborhood who navigate the area by sidewalk and use surrounding intersections; and
WHEREAS, it would enhance the safety of both drivers and pedestrians to have one-way
roadways adjacent to Hoover Elementary to improve the flow of traffic and improve safety
conditions for those walking and dropping off children at the school; and
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima held an informational meeting for neighbors and
parents/guardians outlining the proposed changes to traffic flow; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima finds that it is in the best interest of the
City and its residents to change the traffic flow on South 4th Avenue between Logan Avenue and
West Viola Avenue to one-way sbuthbound; and South 6th Avenue between Logan Avenue
and West Viola Avenue to one-way northbound; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Chapter 9.50.20 of the Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
9.50.290 One-way streets and alleys.
Upon those streets and parts of streets and in those alleys herein described, vehicular
traffic shall move only in the indicated direction when signs indicating the direction of
traffic are erected and maintained at every intersection where movement in the opposite
direction is prohibited. No such regulation shall be effective unless such signs are in
place.
Name of Street or Alley or
Portion Thereof
"A" Street from
North Front Street
to North 6th Street
Chestnut Avenue
from South Front
Street to South 6th
Street
Direction of
Traffic
Movement
Westbound
Eastbound
Name of Street or Alley or Direction
Portion Thereof of Traffic
Movement
(3) 12th Avenue from Northbound
Nob Hill Boulevard
to Hamm Avenue
(4) Henry Avenue from Southbound
Laban Avenue to
Stanley Boulevard
(5) Terrace Street from Eastbound
South 14th Avenue
to South 12th
Avenue
(6) Frontage Road from Eastbound
9th Street to 10th
Street
(7) 10th Street from Southbound
Frontage Road to
Pitcher Street
(8) The alleys between Northbound
West Spruce Street
and West Chestnut
Avenue between
11 th Avenue and
12th Avenue
(9) The first alley west Northbound
of Chicago Avenue
and north of Yakima
Avenue from
Yakima Avenue to a
point one hundred
sixty-five feet north
thereof
(10) The north -south tee Southbound
alley in Block 30,
plat of the town of
North Yakima (now
Yakima) (alley
between 1st and
2nd Streets north of
"A" Street)
(11) The north -south tee Southbound,
alley in Block 31, except the
plat of the town of southerly 60
North Yakima (now feet which
Yakima) (alley shall be two -
between 1st and way
Name of Street or Alley or Direction of Traffic
Portion Thereof Movement
2nd Streets, north of
Chestnut Street)
(12) The east -west alley
between Yakima
Avenue and "A"
Street from Front
Street to mid -block
between 2nd and
3rd Streets
(13) The east -west alley
between Yakima
Avenue and
Chestnut Avenue
from 1st Street to
3rd Street
(14) The north -south
alley between
South 11th Avenue
and Pleasant
Avenue from Tieton
Drive to Haynes
Street
Lincoln Avenue
from Pierce Avenue
to North 10th Street
"B" Street from
Pierce Avenue to
North 10th Street
Pierce Avenue from
Lincoln Avenue to
"B" Street
South 34th Avenue
from Yakima
Avenue to Chestnut
Avenue
(19) Arlington Street
from 16th Avenue
to 19th Avenue
(20) The east -west alley
between
Summitview and
Browne Avenue
from Pierce Avenue
Eastbound
Westbound
Southbound
Westbound
Eastbound
Southbound
Southbound
Westbound
Westbound
Name of Street or Alley or Direction of
Traffic
Portion Thereof Movement
westerly to the
north -south alley
between Pierce Avenue
and Custer Avenue
(21) The north -south
alley between 3rd
Street and 4th
Street from "B"
Street to "A" Street
(22) Division Street
between Queen
Anne and 5th
Avenue
(23) North 10th Street
from "B" Street to
Lincoln Avenue
(24) Swan Avenue from
15th to 16th Avenue
(25)
(26)
Fairbanks Avenue
from North 6th
Avenue to Custer
Avenue
Jerome Avenue
from Campbell
Lane to North 6th
Avenue
(27) South 4th Avenue
from Logan Avenue to
West Viola
Avenue
(28) South 6th Avenue
from Logan Avenue to
West Viola
Avenue
Southbound
Westbound
Northbound
Westbound
Westbound
Eastbound
Southbound
Northbound
(Ord. 2013-012 § 1, 2013: Ord. 2005-36 § 1, 2005: Ord. 96-23 §§ 1-3, 1996; Ord. 93-
79 § 1, 1993; Ord. 2993 § 2, 1986: Ord. 2968 § 1, 1986: Ord. 2962 § 1, 1986: Ord.
2862 § 1, 1985: Ord. 2763 § 1, 1984: Ord. 2735 § 2 (part), 1983).
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its
passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 21st day of July, 2020.
ATTEST:
„Guicke
Sonya Cla, a Tee, City Clerk
Publication Date: July 24, 2020
Effective Date: August 23, 2020
'atricia Byers, Mayor
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ITEM TITLE:
SUBMITTED BY:
BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEM ENT
Item No. 4.L.
For Meeting of: July 21, 2020
Ordinance amending One Way Streets and Alleys to one-way
restrictions on South 4th Avenue between Viola Avenue and Logan
Avenue, and South 6th Avenue between Viola Avenue and Logan
Avenue, YMC 9.50.290
Scott Schafer, Director Public Works
Bob Desgrosellier, Chief Engineer, 575-6228
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The Yakima School District approached the City regarding safety concerns at Hoover
Elementary. The existing two-way vehicular traffic on S. 4th Avenue and S. 6th Avenue, along with
large numbers of student drop-off and pick-up from both sides of the streets, allows a high
number of students to cross the streets and potentially place them in an unsafe situation against
vehicular traffic.
The City's proposal was to make S. 4th Avenue and S. 6th Avenue both one-way streets
adjacent to the school to promote student pick-ups and drop-offs from the school -side of the
street; greatly reducing the need to cross the streets and limit student exposure to moving
vehicles.
A public meeting was held at Hoover Elementary School on November 14, 2019. The meeting
was led by City staff with the assistance of Hoover's Assistant Principal, Alejandra Rodriguez.
Information on the Complete Streets project was presented, which would construct new concrete
sidewalks and ADA ramps near Hoover Elementary on Viola Avenue, along with the proposal to
make S. 4th Avenue and S. 6th Avenue each a one-way street in the immediate vicinity of Hoover
Elementary School. The week prior to the meeting a Public Service Announcement went out to
the community. We also distributed over 510 flyers to all Hoover students, their families,
teachers, and Hoover's Administrators. We also circulated 140 flyers door-to-door to all homes
in the immediate vicinity of the one-way street's proposal.
After presenting information at the public meeting about the Complete Streets Project and
information about the one-way street proposal, staff also listened to responses from those
families and residents present. After discussing their comments, we determined that the majority
of those present were in favor of the changes to one-way streets in the vicinity of Hoover
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Elementary. A map and informational flyer are attached.
ITEM BUDGETED: Yes
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
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ATTACHMENTS:
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D ord reJUne 7/1012020 Cmor Memo
D One W.4y Ordinance - Clean 7/2071] Grddiancd
D Mao 7i2:2026 Backup MaLcrial
D Inforrnatodal Flyer - Hoover Elementary 7!22020 Backup Material