[OMS_MANAGERS] Parking/Crosswalk Statute

[Jonathan Stone]

Downtown Oregon City appears to be in compliance with the 20 foot rule.

On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 3:13 PM, Dan Fleishman <dfleishman at ci.stayton.or.us>
wrote:

> Sarah's email caused me to say 'What!!??" and sent me to statutes where I
> found:
>
>
>       811.550 Places where stopping, standing and parking prohibited. This
> section establishes places where stopping, standing and parking a vehicle
> are prohibited for purposes of the penalties under ORS 811.555. Except as
> provided under an exemption in ORS 811.560, a person is in violation of ORS
> 811.555 if a person parks, stops or leaves standing a vehicle in any of the
> following places:
>
>       (17) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection. Exemptions
> under ORS 811.560 (2) and (4) to (7) are applicable to this subsection.
>
> Here in downtown Stayton, the designated on-street parking spaces appear
> to be about 15 feet from the crosswalks at intersections.
>
> Dan Fleishman
> Planning and Development Director
> City of Stayton
> 362 N Third Avenue
> Stayton, OR 97383
>
> Ph 503-769-2998
>
> www.staytonoregon.gov
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OMS_MANAGERS [mailto:oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
> On Behalf Of Sarah Lu Heath
> Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 2:28 PM
> To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at listsmart.osl.
> state.or.us>
> Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] Parking/Crosswalk Statute
>
> Hello Friends and Colleagues,
>
> The City of Astoria has been made aware of an Oregon State statute
> requiring that there are ZERO parking spaces within 20 feet of a crosswalk.
> Astoria is not currently in compliance with this statute, nor is any other
> municipality that we can find.
>
> Coming into compliance would cost us about 10% of our downtown parking, as
> well as $80-$100k to restripe etc.
>
> What we want to know is:
> Does your city follow this ordinance?
> Would you rather come into compliance or have the statute removed from the
> books?
> Anything else you'd like to add?
>
> We've waited several months before sending this out to the list, as we did
> not want to be responsible for serving notice to communities about this
> faulty statute. For ADHDA, we've taken that stance that we'd like to remove
> the statute over compliance. However, the City has asked me to reach out to
> my colleagues about this situation, and here I am.
>
> Your feedback is much appreciated,
>
> Sarah Lu Heath
> Executive Director
> Astoria Downtown Historic District Association No.1-12th Street, Suite 114
> PO Box 261 Astoria, OR 97103
> 503.791.7940
> www.AstoriaDowntown.com
>
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Jonathan Stone
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