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SR-417-003-01 (20) GS~SS:R?:db Council Meeting, October 12, 1982 Santa Monica, California r _ B I/!?- (/03-0/ OCT 1 2 1982 To: Mayor and City Council From: City Staff SubJect: Establlshing Preferential Parking Zone C (Second and Third Streets between Ocean Park Boulevard and South Clty Limits and Beach Street, Hill Street, Ashland Avenue, and Marine Street between Second and Third Streets. INTRODUCTION ThlS report recommends City Counell introduce the attached ordinance establishing Preferentlal Parking Zone C, authorize hiring one parking checker, and approprlate General Fund Reserve funds to the Police Department. BACKGROUND In January 1981 Staff received a petition requesting preferential parking on Second and Third Streets between Ocean Park Boulevard and the south Clty limits and Beach Street, Hill Street, Ashland Avenue, and Marine Street between Second and Third Streets. Staff recommended City Council to instruct the Clty Attorney to prepare an ordlnance. The City Attorney prepared an ordinance for the City Council's June 25th meeting. The ordlnance was referred back to Staff for additional analysis. The accompanying ordinance establishes Preferentlal Parking Zone C. The proposed ordinance contains the followlng features: 1. Establishment of Preferential Parking Zone C on Second and Third Street between Ocean Park Boulevard and the south city limits and Beach Street, Hl11 Street, Ashland Avenue, 1 ?-B OCT 1 2 1982 GS : 58: RD': db Council Meetlng, October 12, 1982 Santa Monlca, California Pler Avenue, and Marlne Street between Second and Third Streets. (Maln Street has not been lncluded ln accordance with Municipal Code Section 3231.) 2. Exclusion of the portion of any such street directly adJacent to a school, church, or a day care facility in other than in a place of residence. 3. Parking ln Zone C requires a permit during the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. 4. Removal of any vehicle parked without a permit. 5. An annual permit fee of $25.00 per permit. The enabllng ordinance contalns provisions relating to issuance of permits, duration of permits, vlsitor permits, exemptions, and flnes, among other things. See Munlcipal Code Section 3234-37. Staff has reviewed Cauncll concerns about the inclusion of 4th Street and Hill Street, Ashland Avenue, and Marine Street between 3rd and 4th Streets into the proposed Preferential Parking Zone c. In the above mentioned area there are only approximately 15 on-street parking spaces. We advised OPCO of Staff's concerns regardlng the inclusion of the subJect streets and they preferred not to lnclude them at thlS time. Council may include these street sectlons if desired. Surveys conducted by City Staff lndicate the proposed preferential parking zone wlll displace approximately 50 to 60 vehicles from the entlre zone. This was determined by comparing on-street parking occupancles at 6:00 a.m. when it may be 2 GS:SS:RD:db Cou~ci1 Meeting, October 12, 1982 Santa Monica, Cal1fornia assumed no comMercial related parking lS on-street, to 7:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. on-street parking occupancies when the commerclal related parking is at a peak. This equates to approximately 15 to 19 percent of the available parklng 1n the area. Staff is preparing construction plans for improvements to Parking Authority lot 11 located on Nellson Way between Ocean Park Boulevard and Hollister Avenue as part of the 1982-83 FY Budget Goals for the Park1ng Authority. The lot wlll have Maln Street access (which 1S not now ava11able) and provide approxlmately 170 off-street parklng spaces. The lot will be able to accomodate the 50 to 60 vehicles dlsplaced from the proposed preferentlal parklng zone. The proposed preferential parking zone wlll be ~n effect from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. and is speciflcally targeted to mitigate the problems associated wlth people parking in the residentlal neighborhood and 901n9 to the varlOUS eating and drinking establishments on Main Street. As proposed, permits will be $25.00 annually for res1dents and visitors. The Maln Street Merchant Associatlon actively supports the proposed preferential parking zone. The Parklng Authority will be acting on a proposal to appropriate funds to hire an assessment englneer to analyze the establlshMent of an assessment distrlct or other financing mechanlsms to develop additional parklng facilitles in the Maln Street area. Funds are in the budget for Staff to determine the feasibility of establishlng a park and ride tram system in the area. 3 GS:SS:RD:db Council Meetlng, October 12, 1982 Santa Monica, California It wlll be necessary to hire an additional parking checker to prov1de the necessary enforcement for the proposed preferntial parking zone. The cost of an additional employee for the balance of the 82-83 fiscal year is $ 35,046. The parking checker will also ass1st In the overall enforcement of the existing preferentlal park1ng zone on Fraser, Hart and Wadsworth Avenues, the off street metered parking lots, and the Maln Street meters which will be in effect from 9 a.m. to 12 a.m., daily. The additonal revenues from parking funds will offset the cost of enforcing these areas. Staff will conduct an inlt1al study in accordance wlth the proVls1ons of the California Environment Quality Act prior to the second reading of the ordlnance. Staff 1S recommend1ng this zone because there is available off-street parking for any displaced vehicles from the proposed zone and the zone w1ll not cause any undo hardshlp on the businesses in the area. 4 GS:SS:RD:db Council Meeting, October 12, 1982 Santa Monica, California RECOMMENDATION It 15 recommended City Council: 1. Introduce the ordinance establish1ng Preferential Parking Zone C. 2. Authorize one additional parking checker position in the Police Department's budget. 3. Appropr1ate $35,046 from General Fund Reserves to the Operat1ons Bureau of the Police Department. Prepared by: John Ja11li, Ass1stant City Manager Stan Scholl, D1rector of General Services Ray Davis, Parking and Traffic Engineer Attachment: Ordinance 5 CA:RMM:r City Councll Meetlng 10-12-82 Santa Monlca, California ORDINANCE NUMBER (Clty Council Serles) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 3238c TO THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH PREFERENTIAL PARKING ZONE C WHEREAS, the Parklng and Trafflc Engineer has recelved a petltlon requestlng establishment of a preferentlal parking zone ln the area bounded by Ocean Park Boulevard on the north, Thlrd Street on the east, the Clty limits on the south, and Maln Street on the west: and WHEREAS, the petltlon has been verified to be slgned by residents llvlng ln two-thlrds of the dwelllng units comprls- lng not less than 50 percent of the developed frontage of the proposed preferentlal parking zones; and WHEREAS, the Parklng and Traffic Englneer has under- taken such studles and surveys deemed necessary to determine whether a preferential parklng zone should be deslgnated in the areaj and WHEREAS, the Parklng and Trafflc Englneer has deter- mlned that a preferential parklng zone should be designated ln the areaj and WHEREAS, wlth the exceptlon of Main street, the Clty Counell is satisfied that the proposed area meets the . des1gnat1on criteria set forth in Munic1pal Code Section 3232A, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Sect10n 3238c 1S added to the Santa Monlca Mun1clpal Code to read as follows: Section 3238c. Preferential Parklng Zone C. (a) The followlng named and described streets or portlons of streets w1th1n the City shall con- stitute Preferential Parklng Zone C: Second and Thlrd Streets between Ocean Park Boulevard and the south Clty 11mits and Beach Street, Hlll Street, Ashland Avenue, and Marlne Street between Second and Thlrd Streets, exceptlng therefrom the portion of any such street directly adjacent to a school, church, or llcensed day care facil1ty 1n other than a place of residence. (b) No vehicle shall be parked or stopped adJacent to any curb in Preferential Parklng Zone C durlng the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. wlthout a permlt issued and -2- . d~splayed ~n accordance w~th this Chapter. Any veh~cle parked or stopped w~thout a permit may be removed from the street by any police off ~cel{. (c) The annual fee for each permit ~ssued for Preferential Park- ing Zone C shall be $ 25.00 per per- ffi1t or such other fee as may be established from t~me to t~me by resolut~on of the City Counc~l. SECTION 2. Any provlslon of the Santa Mon~ca Municipal Code or append~ces thereto inconsistent w~th the provls~ons of th1S ord~nance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, 15 hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to affect the prov~s~ons of th~s ord~nance. SECTION 3. If any sect~on, subsect~on, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ord1nance ~s for any reason held to be 1nval~d or unconst~tut~onal by a declsion of any court of competent jur~sd~ct~on, such decision shall not affect the val~d1ty of the remaining port~ons of the ord~nance. The C1ty Council hereby declares that it would have passed th~s ordlnance and each and every sect~on, subsect~on, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared 1nval1d or unconst~tut~onal w1thout regard to whether any port~on of the ord1nance would be subsequently declared ~nval~d or unconst~tut~onal. -3- .. # SECTION 4. The Mayor shall s~gn and the C~ty Clerk shall attest to the passage of th~s ordlnance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the off~cial newspaper w~th~n 15 days after lts adoption. The ordinance shall become effectlve 30 days from its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM: Jt~ .~ .~ ~ 1.._ ~ Ii - ............. (J - - .... ROBERT M. MYERS . Clty Attorney _'f -4-