2017-2037 Comp Plan Update Enabling Ordinance with Exhibit A

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Kittitas County December 2016 Comprehensive Plan From the stand point of public safety and aesthetics, it may be in the best interest of the community and visitors to make all parking along the road illegal. Removing parking from the highway would result in a significant net loss of parking during the ski season. However, prohibiting “commercial combinations” from using SR906 would significantly improve public safety and aesthetics. (The problems with this approach were discussed in more detail earlier.) The community will need to continue working with the Washington State Patrol and Washington State Department of Transportation in resolving parking issues on area roadways. Parking restrictions must be enforced, which may mean additional manpower by the Washington State Patrol during peak parking demand days during the winter and summer. In the long run, the best way to resolve on-street parking problems may be a combination of providing sufficient off- street parking, revising SR906 so there is no room for parking, and realigning SR906 at Summit Central so there is no advantage in parking along the road. All of these measures are discussed in other sections of the plan. 11) Drop-Off Areas As the drop-off areas are generally within the parking lots, they are included here. The current drop-off areas are not big enough for the level of activity. As the Summit at Snoqualmie works to increase its skiing levels, better drop-off areas will become more important. Given its proximity to the Central Puget Sound, many parents drop off kids in the morning and go home, returning in the afternoon. The Alpental ski school drop off area is a significant problem. The lot is often full of parked cars to the point that cars cannot circulate through to drop off and pick up. Small children dart out from behind parked cars into moving traffic. The lot should be redesigned so the front area is only used for drop-off and pick up. The area needs strict enforcement (people park in it now). The drop-off area should be expanded. All ski school lots should be quite large to accommodate both drop off and parking demand. Parking monitors not only need to efficiently direct traffic to parking areas, they also need to efficiently direct drop-off activity. Having separate entering lanes for drop-off vehicles would help. Signage will also help sort out traffic. Managing traffic in the afternoon will also help with pick up activities. Now, cars leave the lots in all lanes, so entering traffic must wait on SR-906 to enter the lots. Traffic and parking staff must keep one entering lane open to accommodate pick up activities. 12) Emergency Access At times, Alpental Road becomes almost impassable due to cars parked on the road. The road is not wide enough for parking and two way traffic. This creates problems for emergency access. Parking along Alpental Road should be strictly forbidden, and it must be enforced. Violators should be towed. However, the ski area must also provide enough parking and good shuttle service so that skiers aren’t forced to park on the road.