12.50.030 Determination.
(1) The Public Works Director shall do the following upon the receipt of a petition for street closure:
(a) Acknowledge in writing within 10 calendar days the receipt of the petition.
(b) Refer the petition to the City Engineer for investigation, determination, and for the making of a recommendation on road closure to the Director.
(2) The City Engineer’s recommendation shall be submitted to the Director in writing no later than 60 days after the receipt of the petition.
(3) The Director shall notify the petitioners in writing of his recommendation within 10 days of the receipt of the City Engineer’s recommendation on the street closure petition. Said notification shall delineate the process for Council consideration of the Director’s recommendation on a petition to close a City street.
(4) The Director may oppose the petition for street closure or may determine that the portion of the street specified in the petition should be fully closed, closed to through traffic only, open to emergency vehicles only, closed in one direction only, closed to certain types of vehicles or temporarily closed in one of the ways specified.
(5) In addition to making a determination on the merits of the street closure petition, the Director may also identify safety measures for the area defined by the street closure petition as an alternative to road closure and may implement those street safety-related mitigations.
(6) The recommendation of the Director to close a City street shall be forwarded to the Council for consideration and adoption by ordinance.
(7) The recommendation of the Director to reject a petition to close a City street shall be conveyed by letter to the Council which reserves the option, following such notification, of closing all or a portion of the street that is the subject of the petition. (Amended at request of department 2/08; Ord. 20-07 § 20; Ord. 38-02 § 2 (12.38.030))