At its April 3, 2018, Commission Meeting, Cedar Key Commissioners discussed and approved  incremental changes in the Cedar Key parking restrictions to increase safety. The meeting’s content follows. Temporary signs are now placed on State Road 24 between First and Third Streets.  Expect additional signs.

Initially, Davis presented the baseline information staff’s carefully detailed curb-to-curb measurements of downtown streets. Additionally, car lengths and swidths, including mirror were calculated.

Davis suggested that any changes to be made would be prefaced by:

• making the changes incrementally, one block at a time, one week at a time;
• speaking with the residents or business owners before the changes would occur;
• placing temporary signs reminding drivers of the changes for the first week or so of implementation;
• assessing the efficacy;
• finally, painting the road with the appropriate striping to indicate no parking is allowed in given spots.

Recommendations included:

• No parking on corners. This is already a Florida law.
• Mark all fire hydrants.
• No trailer parking on Second Street in downtown area, stopping at and excluding Park Place.
• No parking on First Street, one end to the other, unless completely off the pavement.
• No parking on east side of D Street between First and Second Street.
• No parking on either side of D Street between Second and Third Street. Lot across the street from The Market will service cars.
• No parking on G Street except the area of the Sandspit and they must be clearly off the pavement.
• Paint parking lines parallel to curbs. Ticket vehicles not within the line.
• Consider parking only one side only on Fourth Street and F Street.

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