01/25/1938 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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�� A corsmunic�tion was received from the 1n�ernational Union U. A. W. of A, recommendin; James Fortin for �ppointment to the Police Department. This cor�municat'ion was ordered placed on file. Applications for positions onthe Police Department were re- ceived from Zouis �. Wroblews�i and Ernest Borror and ordered placed on file. K communication was received from the lndian Motorcycie Cam- pany advising us that they are no� completing their 1938 Modei and it is their intention to s:�ip or_e motorcycle• to Sou�h �end for in- �pectior. r�nd trial after which� in accordance with the agreement three others will be shipped upon approval of th e first. t' communication was received fro� the City Traffic commission, �a.kin�, reaommendations or_ the parkzng problem as Pollows: CITY TRAFFIC C�I�vTISSION com,mittee on the Parkin� Problem The special comr�ittee on double parking, appointed a� the meeting Dec. 14, respectfully submits the foliowin g report, which was adopted unanimously at a meeti�ng o� the committee on Jan. 4:� It is con ceded that double parkin g is a vexatious �roblem because it breeds traPfic congest�.on and causes inconvenience a�id haaards to �he motoring public. It also is admitted that streets are built and main- tained for the movement of traffic, and not for the stora�e of vehieles. Parking is a privilege and nQt a right, and is permitted only for the conveniEn.ce oP matorists wishing to stop long enough to transact busi- ness. If this is true of parking alor�side the curb, out of the direct Iane of moving traffic, it most certainly is also trus of double park- ing. , Anotner objrious Yact but one frequently o�rerlooked in seeking a solu- tio;� ta the double parkin� probl�n is that cars are. double parked for tne most part simply because there is no room for them to be parked a- longside the curb. The sub-committee does not believe this is because there is not su�'ficient space alongside the curbs of our business dis- tricts to accommodate reasonable and convenient par;�in� facilities,but rather because too many vehicles are permitted to monopolize the spaces intended for those wishing to use the parking spaces properly. �n this basis, theref ore, the �om�.nittee submits the fbllowing program, believ- ing it to be the only solution available under present circumstances and conditions: l. Maintain an exact and constant enforcement of the oft'icial time.lim- � �t restrictions on parking. This is thA first and fundamental step, a�d must be made continuous in order to prevent recurrence of this problem in the f�ture. The' difficulty of eareful checking of time zones in accordance with �_. tneir egact time requirements can be overcome by sta�gerin� assign- ments of patro�hen� irregularly; i.e. ; chec�ing streets at unannounced intervals sufficiently often to make the risk of disobedience a de- terrent. The success of this policy depends, of course_,- upon strict adherence to a t'no-fi.x" handling of tickets. 2. Vrhen the rigid enforcer�ent has con�nued long enough to produce more available curb space, an additional survey of the problem should be made. � . Conditions at that time, probably in about five or six weeks, will be considerably di�ferent, as was demonstrated in �outh Bend a year ago. 3. At this time also the program should include notice by tne p�lice department to all companies operating lig ht delivery trucks that their vehicles must be parked at the curb when deliveries are be- ing made. The drivers also can be warned of this ordinance by of- ficers. After a fair warning period of 10 days to two weeks, ac- companied by suitable publicity, strict enforcement of the double parking law cnn begin. If the time limits are enforced, the volume of double parking violations should not be of' troublesone size.