12-07-1983 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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_ ~ _ _ Minutes, Regular~eeting, La Porte City Cou~l December 7, 1983, Page 8 • Most of those are so situated that this type of situation can happen so it's hard to make one of them an entrance and one of them an exit. On ours, we can do that--make one an entrance and one an exit and that way do something about them coming in. But our most western driveway, people cut the same way there--just come sailing right into ours. Of course, we have the perogative of moving our drive, which would eliminate it or make it an exit only. Skelton: I think if we had a marking on the pavement with w~te mmarking and an arrow pointing in the direction and put "only" and don't go the way toward Kroger's, but turnaround only or something. And we also need that at Main Street where you turn onto San Jacinto. It has an arrow where it says "only" but you don't know whether that's just for Broadway or for Broadway and San Jacinto both. Cline: I-don't think that one way on San Jacinto is working out very. well. Owen: We can inquire and see if the County can come up with some sign or marking that might be legal so we can enforce them and do the job. We've scratched our head over it, and once we put up some signs, "Do Not Enter" but we can't enforce those because anyone entering into that going around would be in violation of that sign. So we took those down very quickly. Cline: There in front of Kroger's and Walgreen's, does come-- (~lciscussion of which streets went where and location of esplanades in relation to where the streets come in). Owen: This is the type of item our engineering department a~such look at plans and we try to control entrances into parking lots that we catch a lot of flack over. People cannot understand a lot of times, our reasoning--why we make them be so far away from an intersection and things of that nature. But this is a perfect example of why those things are necessary. Askins: Kroger's was there before the esplanade. Owen: Yes, but their driveway could have been moved. They didn't Have curbed sections like they do now and it could. have been moved, because that had to be installed. Askins: Could you put a sign facing the people who come out of tz~ ose driveways, saying "No Left Turn" or "No Right Turn" and and arrow or something? Owen: We tried that, and it doesn't work, because then we can't e~rce it, because what about people turning around? You stop the total use of it then--you might as well have it totally • blocked off.