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Mr. David Hosted, Safety and Compliance Director for WestAir Gases and Equipment, Inc. located at
2300 Haffley Avenue, Mr. Don Murray, Chief Technology Officer for Fabrication Technologies
Industries, Inc. located at 2200 Haffley Avenue, and Mr. Dan Dufresne, Director of Government
Relations for Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. located at 2101 Haffley Avenue, have requested that City
staff evaluate solutions to alleviate the lack of on -street parking for customers and employees due to
vehicle storage of large trucks and detached trailers on Haffley Avenue between W. 19th Street and Bay
Marina Drive.
Currently, the amount of available parking stalls, equipment, and day-to-day operations on -site for
these businesses is not adequate to accommodate their employee parking needs, so they rely on
available public parking on Haffley Avenue to meet their demand. Most of these businesses start work
between 5:00am and 6:00am in the morning. When their employees arrive for work much of the street
parking is occupied by large trucks and detached trailers. National City's Parking Regulation Officers
have done their best to enforce the 72-hour vehicle storage ordinance, however business owners are
seeking a more permanent, long-term solution.
Staff performed a site evaluation. The roadway width is 48 feet with unrestricted parallel parking on
both sides. Based on the roadway width, angle parking can be accommodated on one side of the
street. This would restrict large trucks and trailers from legally parking on the street since they cannot
fit within angle parking stalls. To maximize parking, staff recommends installing angle parking on the
east side of Haffley Avenue since there are less driveways and curb cuts. This would result in a net
gain of approximately 22 parking spaces.
Staff also recommends striping 20-foot long parking stalls on the west side of the street, again to restrict
large trucks and trailers from legally parking on the street. These types of vehicles have an opportunity
to park on Tidelands Avenue, a few blocks to the west.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
To address vehicle storage issues regarding large trucks and detached trailers on Haffley Avenue
between W. 19th Street and Bay Marina Drive staff recommends striping angle parking on the east side
of the street and 20-foot Tong parallel parking stalls on the west side of the street.
If approved, all work will be performed by City Public Works crew.