City Manager’s Assistant assigned this issue to ChelseaISD

We will have ISD review the situation.

Thank you!

MY parking issue today. I have a driveway and never park on side streets unless a contractor needs my driveway to do work, because no one can park in front of my house on the Parkway. I parked on County Road and checked to make sure that I was not blocking a driveway. BUT I did not check the street cleaning sign and got a ticket. Totally my fault. My question is if they found my car why can't they find other parking issues in the city. Are they shorthanded?

I think the issue I reported above is a bit different since it's more of a zoning/emergency response issue. Due to the fact that this street is a one way alley with no parking/sidewalks/street lines painted, it has allowed residents to create their own parking. The issue with this is that many times it blocks the actual street (a fire truck could never make it down the street obviously) and it's un-permitted parking (which means it's a hazard).

A couple of years ago, maybe only one or two cars would park here. Now that people have noticed that no one gets punished, we usually have about 7-12 cars parked illegally depending on time of day and at times it's used as a driveway where nothing could pass at night.

Recent monitoring, indicates the issue has been resolved.
Thank you

Re-opening. There was no addressing of the un-permitted parking spaces and there are cars in those spots 24 hours a day. Since there are no codes you can site that allows these cars to park here as well as parking pads built into the actual roadway, I will expect enforcement starting this week. Please assign to City Manager if there is disagreement and I will review the codes with him this week time permitting at City Hall. Will email him today to get ball rolling.

I would also recommend painting roadway lines on this road since it will give people an idea where they cannot park. It's only around 40 feet of paint on a one way and even though it is out of season, it could solve much the issues. I would be more than willing to help if your shorthanded. My area in particular receives the brunt of industrial traffic and our roadways show it, so we expect some attention on these side streets as sometimes they are our only way to travel.

You will also notice if you paint roadway lines based on the City roadway plans, there will be un-permitted parking pads that abut into the road. There are no grandfather clauses where a building structure is built partially in an active roadway and allowed to stand. Please site where that is if so.

I will refer this back to the City Manager.
Perhaps overnight monitoring is required, involving another department.
Thank you

Thank you very much for assistance on it. I will take pictures of all un-permitted areas when I get a chance this week. Doesn't matter what time of day, it's always there (as initial picture showed).

Happy to do a walk-through one day.

Thank you again for looking into it.

Based upon these comments, the City researched the current parking restrictions in this area. Following a thorough review of historical records, we have determined that there are no parking restrictions on Hawthorne Place. The only streets with No Parking are Ellsworth and Hawthorne Court. We have asked the Parking Control Officers to continue to enforce parking violations on those streets. However, no enforcement can occur on Hawthorne Place unless and until the Traffic & Parking Commission imposes some parking restrictions. The Fire Chief will be reviewing this area to determine if he wishes to pursue parking changes on this public way. In the interim, any residents interested in a parking restriction on Hawthorne Place are encouraged to contact the Traffic & Parking Commission to seek a public hearing on this matter.

Thanks Tom/ISD/Parking for doing an exhaustive deep dive into parking in Hawthorne Place and its roadway definition. I will contact the Traffic and Parking commission to seek a public hearing.

Hopefully no one finds out that they can park in the middle of the street as of right now with no issue.

I also seemed confirmation on whether property owners can build into Hawthorne Place Street? I know you saw the parking pad that wasn’t grandfathered in built partially into the road. If this is fine, then I may try and build something myself on Hawthorne Place potentially if it’s up for grabs. I can follow up on that this week with you (since that issue is a non-Parking issue, but rather if us citizens can begin seizing Hawthorn Place as our own land.

Thanks again!