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Council committee approves parking and turn-on-red changes near schools and Garden City
Summary
Council committees advanced multiple parking and traffic ordinances: a two-hour parking amendment for Woodbury Road, a limited right-turn-on-red near a school crossing, and no-parking/1-hour provisions for Garden City/Poppy Drive to address safety and congestion concerns.
Councilmembers introduced and approved several traffic and parking ordinances aimed at pedestrian safety near schools and alleviating chronic parking issues in Garden City.
Ordinance 9-25-01 (amendment to Title 10, Chapter 32) would create two-hour parking between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Woodbury Road to address narrow street and emergency access concerns raised by residents. Ordinance 9-25-02 would permit limited right turns on red at a specified intersection only during hours when a crossing guard is present or students are crossing; the sponsor noted he consulted the traffic engineer by email, who signed off on the change in lieu of a full traffic study.
Councilman Bonanno presented three related amendments (9-25-03/04/05) focused on no-parking restrictions and one-hour weekend parking in the Garden City/Poppy Drive area to limit constant overnight parking by some apartment residents; sponsors said the measures would preserve visitor parking, reduce hazardous parking that impedes emergency vehicles and support neighborhood quality-of-life.
Action: The committee moved the parking and turn restrictions forward by roll call; sponsors asked the police department to consider targeted enforcement to support the changes once they are posted.
