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Traffic committee asks resident to gather signatures before pursuing no-parking on Southwest Cornerstone Lane
Summary
Sherwood’s Traffic Safety Committee recommended staff investigate a request to restrict parking on one side of Southwest Cornerstone Lane but directed the resident to gather required neighborhood signatures; committee voted to have staff notify the requester and not to move the item forward absent that support.
The Sherwood Traffic Safety Committee on an unspecified meeting date recommended that staff follow standard neighborhood-notice procedures after receiving a request to prohibit parking on one side of Southwest Cornerstone Lane between Baker and Stonehaven.
The committee’s chair moved that staff member Jason contact the constituent to explain that the petitioner must gather the neighborhood signatures required by city code before the committee will pursue a no-parking restriction; committee members voted in favor. “We recommend… investigating that,” Jason said, adding the curb-to-curb width is “about 6 inches wider than fire code.”
Committee members discussed trade-offs including displacement of parked vehicles to other nearby streets, driveway access and sight-distance concerns at the neighborhood entrance. One member noted the stretch is “just, like, 27 and a half feet,” and that restricting parking could move cars onto busier roads. Several members said the city’s process requires petition signatures from affected neighbors and that staff would not canvass doors on residents’ behalf.
The committee agreed staff should tell the requester that gathering the required signatures is a prerequisite; if the signatures are provided, staff will pursue formal engineering review and neighborhood noticing. The motion to have Jason notify the resident and close the item for committee action unless signatures are submitted carried on an aye vote.
The discussion did not include a formal engineering decision on which side would be designated no-parking; committee members said that would follow neighborhood input and an engineering review if the petition proceeds.
The committee did not adopt a regulatory change at the meeting and left the matter open pending the petition process.
