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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OCTOBER 14, 1987
COUNCIL DETERMINES
NOT TO ESTABLISH A
"NO PARKING" ZONE
ON. LOBI AVENUE WEST
OF CHURCH STREET
(MCDONALD'S NEW
DRIVEWAY) Council was apprised that in early 1985, left turn lanes
were installed on Lodi Avenue from Sacramento Street to the
alley west of Church Street. In order to eli;,*nate
- problems with left turn movements at the fast food
restaurants, a combination of two-way left turn lanes and
raised medians were installed.
McDonald's Corporation is now expanding their parking lot
and drive-thru lane into the lot west of their existing
property. Their plans include abandoning the existing west
driveway and installing a new one further west. In order
to accommodate this new driveway, the left turn lane should
be extended further west. This will remove three of the
existing five parking stalls. (The two remaining stalls
are being removed by the driveway.) Alternate "A" was
presented for Council review.
This chance extends the left turn lane just short of the
Pleasant Avenue intersection. Normally, the left turn lane
would include the intersection. This will remove an
additional nine parking stalls west of Pleasant Avenue.
(Alternate "B" was presented for Council review).
Since 1983, there have been 12 accidents at or near this
intersection (within the area covered by the proposed no
parking zone). All of them involved left turning or
parked vehicles:
Accident Number
Left turning vehicle rear ended 5
Thru vehicle vs. parked vehicle 5
Left turning vehicle vs. thru vehicle 2
With the high volumes on Lodi Avenue, this number of
accidents at an intersection 1, not particularly high. It