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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT Council! Meeting of April 6, 1999 TO: Honorable Mayor and Council mbers APPROVAL: Henry T. Garcia, City Manage FROM: Daryl J. Parrish, Assistant City Manager SUBJECT: Parking Restriction on "C" Street (Near the Northwest Corner of "C Street & La Cadena Drive) DATE: March 24, 1999 BACKGROUND: Recently our office received a request from Special Creations by Rose, a local Florist located at 803 & 807 N. La Cadena Drive to evaluate the possibility of the placement of a parking restriction (specifically a loading zone) near the northwest corner of "C" Street and La Cadena Drive. The primary reason for the request is that the business picks up product in a van early in the morning in Los Angeles and delivers it to the Colton location for sale. Often times when the florist van arrives at the Colton store to unload, there are vehicles parked at the curb in front of the shop. Because of this the driver of the van must park at a distance from the shop to unload and then must carry the product a distance from where the van is parked to the store. The owners of Special Creations by Rose believe this creates an undue burden for the flower shop and that the creation of a loading zone would alleviate the problem by prohibiting vehicles from parking in front of the flower shop except to load and unload. Upon receipt of the request it was forwarded to the Traffic Committee for analysis and was reviewed by the Traffic Committee at its meeting of March 17, 1999. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The Traffic Committee recommended that the request for a loading zone initially be denied based on the impact such a loading zone would have on other businesses in the commercial complex where the flower shop is located. Furthermore the committee suggested that the other businesses in the building be polled to determine if the loading zone would have a negative impact on them. We have discussed this issue with the proprietor of Sima's Restaurant the tenant next door to Special Creations by Rose. Sima's did not object to the establishment of loading zone on "C" Street. The other tenants in the building would be effected less by the loading zone as their storefronts do not face "C" Street. Additionally, the proprietors of the flower shop have discussed this issue with the other tenants and claims there would be no objections to the establishment of a loading zone near the northwest comer of "C" Street and La Cadena Drive. Item # 7