HomeMy WebLinkAboutJPZ - 04/01/2019 - Parking regulations in business parkELK GROVE VILLAGE
JPZ COMMITTEE
Monday, April 1, 2019
9:00 a.m.
JPZ Members Present: Chris Prochno, Village Trustee, Chairman
Patton Feichter, Village Trustee
Jeffrey Franke, Village Trustee
Absent: None
Staff: Chuck Walsh, Police Chief
Nick Olsen, Deputy Police Chief
James Lancaster, Police Commander
Randy Schumacher, Police Traffic Unit Sergeant
Maggie Jablonski, Assistant Village Manager
Nick Radcliffe, Administrative Intern
Guests: Scott Saxe, Paul Petzold
Parking Regulations in the Business Park
The Committee met for the purpose of reviewing existing parking regulations in the business park
related to evening and overnight parking.
Chief Walsh stated that existing parking regulations do not allow parking on the street from 7pm
to lam. Chief Walsh stated that he had reviewed data on the citations given for violations of this
restriction since 2016 and found approximately 24 tickets issued per month, which carry a $25
fine. He explained that one purpose of the regulations is to prevent the parking of semi trailers on
the street. Given the opportunity, businesses would utilize the extra space on the street rather than
working to fit their operations onto their property. Chief Walsh explained that in the past, the
Police Department has worked with businesses that have design issues or other legitimate parking
concerns, including permitting later parking for Mikerphone Brewing's tasting room, and
imposing a 2-hour parking restriction to ensure availability of customer parking on an area of
Lively.
Chairman Prochno explained that this issue came up as a result of a business owner on Lunt who
sometimes teaches CPR classes that go until IOpm. One of his customers received a ticket for
parking on the street on a night when the business owner did not want his customers parking in the
lot due to icy conditions and poor lighting. Chief Walsh explained that the business owner had
called the Police Department and the ticket was non -suited, however the business owner was
informed that he needed to maintain his parking lot and allow customers to park there in the future.
Trustee Feichter noted that some businesses might not be aware that the Police Department would
work to address issues related to parking. Chief Walsh explained that they work with businesses
who reach out, for instance if a business is running a third shift and there might be a brief overlap
for cars to be moved around during shift change, that can be accommodated. Trustee Prochno
asked if the business owner could be provided an exception if he called about a class in the future.
Deputy Chief Olsen stated the Police Department is willing to work with businesses, and if there
was a one-time event that exceeded the capacity of the lot, they could work on a solution, but that
the Village does require that businesses maintain and use their properties before asking for such
consideration.
Trustee Franke asked if some businesses might have a need for parking to be permitted after 7pm,
to 9pm or IOpm and whether there would be any issues with such a change. Chief Walsh stated
that one concern was whether lighting would be sufficient, because there is not as much in the
industrial park as there is in residential areas, and stated he would have his officers do a light study
to consider possible safety hazards.
Sergeant Schumacher stated that the current regulations have been working well and there have
not been many issues relating to the evening/ovemight parking restrictions in the industrial park.
He stated that Police will give an exception if they call in advance and have a proper reason.
The Committee directed staff to look into the following matters and report back:
• Identify retail operations in the Business Park that may operate past 7pm;
• Provide a cost estimate to replace/update parking signs throughout the Business Park;
• Identify how many of the overnight parking violations in the business park have occurred
between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.; and
• Conduct a light study to identify whether evening parking on the street would present a
possible hazard in the Business Park.
The Committee also requested staff to include information about parking in the Business Park and
how to reach out to the Police Department in the Village's bi-monthly newsletters and other
communication platforms.
The meeting adjourned at 9:25 a.m.
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