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COUNCIL MEETING: May 24, 1988
Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: city staff
SUBJECT: certification of the Sunset Park Preferential Parking
Zone Project Final Environmental
Recommendation to Introduce for
Ordinance approving preferential
Adjacent to Santa Monica college
Impact Report
First Reading
Parking Zone
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INTRODUCTION
This report requests City council certification of the Sunset
Park Preferential Parking Zone Project, Final Environmental
Impact Report (FEIR) and recommends first reading of an ordinance
approving Preferential Parking Zone L around Santa Monica
College.
The ordinance would establish a preferential parking
zone in the area bounded by Delaware Avenue, 20th street, pico
Boulevard, 23rd Street, Pearl street, 21st street, Ocean Park
Boulevard, 14th street, pico and 17th.
A separate staff report regarding a proposed agreement between
the city and the College was approved by the Council on-May 17,
1988.
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BACKGROUND
The concept for implementing a preferential parking zone in the
proposed area initially began in 1977. The primary motivation
for discussions of preferential parking was a spillover of Santa
Monica College student and staff parking onto residential
streets. city staff, College representatives, and neighborhood
residents created a citizens committee to investigate and analyze
various techniques to relieve the parking and vehicle traffic for
the neighborhood area. In addition, the committee explored
possible ways to encourage people to get to and from the college
as efficiently as possible.
In 1977, the Citizens Committee to Study Parking at the College
submitted a proposed "Master Plan Parking Solutions" plan to the
Santa Monica Board of Trustees. The plan proposed a variety of
methods to improve the shortage of campus parking as well as to
address neighborhood parking and traffic circulation.
In July of 1981, Grant street residents presented the City with
petitions requesting that preferential parking be implemented in
their neighborhood. City and College representatives met to
discuss possible ways to improve the College parking situation.
These discuss ions resulted in a call for a j oint agreement to
encourage the College to construct an on-campus parking
structure. The City Council approved this in concept by
appropriating $10,000 to further study the matter. In 1986,
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neighborhood residents formed the Santa Monica Safe streets
Commi ttee to analyze and develop possible solutions to college
student parking and traffic problems. One solution was the
implementation of a parking-by-permit, preferential parking zone.
In accordance with the City's Enabling Ordinance law, a petition
drive was initiated among residents to establish a preferential
parking zone. Approximately 675 household signatures were
secured by the residents and submitted to the city requesting
establishment of a preferential parking zone in a 15 block area
(please see Exhibit A).
In November of 1987, staff submitted to the City Council a
recommendation to instruct the city Attorney to prepare an
ordinance establishing a "No Parking, 8 am to 8 pm, Weekdays"
preferential parking zone in the area bounded by 14th, Pica,
17th, Delaware, 20th, Pico, 23rd, Pearl, 21st, Ocean Park
Boulevard and 14th Street. Further, staff recommended that
current city efforts to work with College officials and
neighborhood residents to investigate potential parking
alternatives continue. A final recommendation included
instructing Planning staff to prepare an environmental analysis
of the proposed 15 block area, and a potential expanded 30 block,
preferential parking area. The requested analysis has been
prepared: staff is recommending the creation of the 15 block
preferential zone.
As a supplement to the recommendation of November 1987, staff
engaged the services of a traffic consultant to develop
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addi tional information to fully assess the issues. The
consultant was asked to conduct the following studies:
o Inventory the total number of on-street spaces in a 30
block area around Santa Monica College.
o Determine the occupancy of these spaces by time during
a typical school day.
o Determine the number of the occupied spaces that are
used by students.
A discussion was held at the November, 1987 Council hearing, at
which time the Council approved the staff recommendations and
instructed the Planning staff to prepare an environmental review
of the proposed area, including a study of the 30 block area. In
addition, the Council instructed staff to include an
investigation of changing the proposed weekday time parameters to
a Monday-Thursday, 7:30 am to 7:30 pm, and Friday 7:30 am to 5:00
pm timeframe.
Pursuant to Council's instruction, an environmental analysis was
prepared to identify and mitigate potential impacts attributed to
a preferential parking zone. staff is recommending the
implementation of the fifteen-block preferential zone, with the
larger thirty-block area only to be implemented if necessary, and
pursuant to the terms of the contract between the city and the
College. This contract requires the College to develop 1200
on-campus parking spaces, and prohibits expansion of the
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preferential parking zone for three years or until the additional
parking is provided, whichever is sooner.
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
The purpose of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was to
consider any potential adverse environmental impacts which might
result from the proposed project. Based on an Initial study
prepared on the proposed project, the EIR focused on the
following set of environmental issues: air, noise, right of way
(access and parking), transportation/circulation, public services
(police protection, schools), fiscal impacts, and neighborhood
effects.
According to the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) I the
project results in significant and non-significant beneficial
effects on traffic, air quality, noise, fiscal condition and
neighborhood character with no need for mitigation. The project,
with planned expansion of shuttle parking and enforcement, is not
expected to result in any significant adverse impact on access,
schools or Police enforcement. The overall result is that the
various effects, taken individually or cumulatively, will not
result in significant adverse impacts as defined by the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of 1970.
Santa Monica College officials expressed concern in "Comments to
the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR)" that implementation
of a preferential parking zone would result in a displacement of
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on-street parking spaces for the College. The FEIR acknowledged
this concern and responded by stating that the City has made
plans to operate and expand an off-campus shuttle bus system for
student, staff and faculty use. The shuttle bus program,
currently in operation on a smaller scale, mitigates potential
impacts attributed to displaced parking.
The proposed preferential parking project and FEIR have been
endorsed by the Santa Monica Safe streets Committee. An
estimated 60 letters expressing support for the project have been
received. In addition, an extensive notification effort was
undertaken by the Planning staff to notify interested and
potentially affected parties to the proposed proj ect. A mass
notification canvassing the zone and adjacent area was conducted,
and a notice was published in the Outlook.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
Currently, revenues received by the city from parking and related
activities within the project area are generated by various
vehicle code violations such as red curb parking and overtime
parking in areas in which parking is time restricted.
The proposed preferential parking plan would generate a deficit
of approximately $400,000 to the City in the first two years of
district operation, fiscal years 1988-89 and 1989-90. However,
this trend will be reversed and the proj ect will generate an
annual surplus of over $100,000 to the City starting in fiscal
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year 1990-91.
The projected deficits in 1985-89 and 1989-90
resul t from the costs associated with the provision of shuttle
buses. Therefore, once the shuttle bus system is discontinued,
deficits are projected to be eliminated and be replaced with an
annual surplus, generated primarily by enforcement activity.
However, should the parking citations be less than projected, the
surplus would be reduced or eliminated.
RECOMMENDATION
staff respectfully recommends that the City Council:
1) Adopt the attached resolution certifying that the Final
Environmental Impact Report has been prepared in compliance with
state and City CEQA guidelines, that there is sufficient data to
support a finding that the project will not have a significant
effect on the environment, and that the city Council has
considered the contents of the environmental analysis prior to
acting upon the project.
2) Find that non-resident vehicles substantially and regularly
interfere with the use of the majority of available pUblic street
or alley parking spaces by adjacent residents: that the
interference by the non-resident vehicles occurs at regular and
significant daily intervals; that the non-resident vehicles
parked in the area of the proposed zone cause or are the source
of unreasonable noise, traffic hazards, environmental pollution,
or devaluation of real property in the area of the proposed zone:
that no unreasonable displacement of non-resident vehicles will
result into surrounding residential areas; that a shortage of
reasonably available and convenient residential related parking
spaces exists in the area of the proposed zone; and that
alternative solutions are not feasible or practical.
3) Introduce for first reading the ordinance establishing
Preferential parking Zone L in the area bounded by Delaware
Avenue, 20th street, Pico Boulevard, 23rd street, Pearl street,
21st street, Ocean Park Boulevard, 14th street, pico and 17th
street, establishing effective hours Monday to Thursday from 8:00
am to 8:00 pm, and on Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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4) Instruct the Ci ty to
College and neighborhood
parking facilities.
continue working with Santa Monica
residents to improve the on-campus
Prepared by:
Paul Berlant, Director of Planning
Robert M. Myers, city Attorney
D. Kenyon Webster, senior Planner
S. Ted Lopez, Assistant Planner
Exhibits:
A-- Map Showing Proposed Zone
B-- Resolution Certifying Final EIR
c-- Ordinance for First Reading
D-- Final EIR
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City Council Meeting 5-24-88
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE HUMBER
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 323BL
TO THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE TO
ESTABLISH PREFERENTIAL PARKING ZONE L
WHEREAS, the parking and Traffic Engineer has received a
petition requesting establishment of a preferential parking zone
in the area bounded by the following streets in the following
manner: starting at the corner .of 21st Street and Ocean Park
Boulevard, west on Ocean Park Boulevard to 14th street,
proceeding north on 14th Street to pico Boulevard, then east on
Pico Boulevard to 17th Street, proceeding north on 17th Street to
Delaware, then east on Delaware to 20th street, proceeding south
on 20th Street to Pico Boulevard, then east on Pico Boulevard to
23rd street, proceeding south on 23rd street to Pearl Street,
then west on Pearl street to 21st Street, and proceeding south on
21st Street to the point of origin at the corner of 21st Street
and Ocean Park Boulevard: and
WHEREAS, the petition has been verified to be signed by
residents living in two-thirds of the dwelling units comprising
not less than fifty percent (50%> of the developed frontage of
the proposed preferential parkinq zone: and
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WHEREAS, the Parking and Traffic Engineer has undertaken
such studies and surveys deemed necessary to determine whether a
preferential parking zone should be designated in the area; and
WHEREAS, the city Council is satisfied that the proposed
area meets the designation criteria set forth 1n Municipal Code
section 3232A,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. section 3238L is added to the santa Monica
Municipal Code to read as follows:
Section 3238L. Preferential Parking
Zone L.
(a) The following area bounded by
the following streets in the following
manner shall constitute Preferential
Parkinq Zone L: starting at the corner of
21st street and Ocean Park Boulevard, west
on Ocean Park Boulevard to 14th Street,
proceeding north on 14th street to Pico
Boulevard, then east on Pi co Boulevard to
17th street, proceeding north on 17th
street to Delaware, then east on Delaware
to 20th street, proceeding south on 20th
street to pica Boulevard, then east on
pico Boulevard to 23rd street, proceeding
south on 23rd street to Pearl street, then
west on Pearl street to 21st street, and
proceeding south on 21st street to the
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point of origin at the corner of 21st
street and Ocean Park Boulevard.
(b) No vehicle shall be parked or
stopped adjacent to any curb in
Preferential Parking Zone L without a
permit issued and displayed. in accordance
with this Chapter during the following
hours:
( l) 8 : 00 a . m. to 8 : 00 p . m .
on Monday, Tuesday I Wednesday I and
Thursday of each week.
(2) 8: 00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
on Friday of each week.
(c) Any vehiclE! parked or stopped
without a permit when required by this
Section may be removed from the street by
any police officer.
Cd) The annual fee for each permit
issued for Preferential Parking Zone L
shall be $15.00 per permit, or such other
fee as may be established. from time to
time by resolution of the city Council.
(e) This Section shall be of no
further force and effect ninety (90) days
after the occurrence of either of the
fOllowing events:
(1) The City acting in its
governmental capacity and in compliance
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with the Califorina Environmental Quality
Act (uCEQAn) , fails to approve or
conditionally approve an application for
the construction of the two parking
structures on the campus at Santa Monica
College as m.ore fully described in
Contract Number 5100 (eCs).
(2) Any final judgment
blocking the construction of the parking
structures referred to in subsection
(e) (1) or the use of such structures for
parking.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of
this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no
further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to affect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City council hereby
declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether
any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney
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