AGENDA #4b
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Establishing Handicap Parking Space on Columbia Place West
DATE: January 13, 2003
The attached ordinance would establish a handicap parking space on Columbia Place West at house number 213 to accommodate the needs of a physically handicapped resident.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
At its December 12, 2002 meeting, the Town Council received a petition from the Columbia Place Homeowners’ Association for the designation of a handicap parking space at 213 Columbia Place West. Please see the attached map.
We investigated the existing conditions and determined that a driveway exists for 213 Columbia Place West. However, the steep grade of the driveway does not accommodate the needs of the handicapped resident and the proposed handicap space would help assure that the resident would have direct access to the house from a parking space. We note, however, that the space would be available for use by any persons with a handicap.
MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION
That the Council enact the attached ordinance that would establish a handicap space at 213 Columbia Place West.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Area Map (p 3).
2. Letter from the Columbia Place Homeowners’ Association (p. 4).
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE TOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING PARKING SPACE RESERVED FOR HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS (2003-01-13/O-1)
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill as follows:
Section 1. Section 21-36 of the Town Code “Parking space reserved for handicapped individuals” is hereby amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:
“(9) A parking space in the cul-de-sac portion of Columbia Place West from a point approximately three hundred twenty four (324) feet west of the back-of-curb of Columbia Place Drive to a point three hundred forty four (344) feet west of the back-of-curb of Columbia Place Drive.”
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective February 10, 2003.
This the 13th day of January, 2003.