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SR-8-D (23) l-D SEP :~ ;,} jqao GS:SS:RF:db - - ~.::J PRE FPAR Z Council Meeting, September 25, 1990 Santa Monica, California To: Mayor and city council From: city staff Subject: Ordinance Adding section 3238N to the Santa Monica Municipal Code to Establish a Preferential parking Zone N around Santa Monica Hospital and Medical Center Introduction At its meeting on September 27, 1988, the city Council directed the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance establishing a preferential parking zone for the area bounded by 14th street, wilshire Boulevard, 20th street and Santa Monica Boulevard. In response to thlS ~on, the accompanying ordinance has been prepared and is presented to the City council for its consideration. Discussion The accompanying ordinance adds section 3238N to the Santa Monica Municipal Code establishing Preferential Parking Zone N for the area bounded by 14th Street, wilshire Boulevard, 20th Street and Santa Monica Boulevard. parking in the zone by non-residents will be limited to two hours between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, except by permit. All other provisions applicable to preferential parking zones would apply. i-I) - 1 - . , .~ jugO ;)[.r :;;, <J ;; An environmental impact report (EIR) was prepared in accordance with the provisions of the california Environmental Quality Act. Based upon this environmental impact report, the resolution certifying the EIR, attached to this staff report, must be adopted by the city Council. staff I S original recommendation for the zone included the more prohibitive parking restriction of No Parking. However, after review of the information in the environmental impact report and further discussions with residents, businesses and area churches, it was decided limited non-resident parking should be allowed in the proposed zone. This decision provides a compromise between the desire of the residents for no parking for non-residents and the desire of the businesses and churches which had requested no restrictions at all. Staff believes allowing non-residents to park for no more than two hours will address both the needs of the residents (elimination of long term parkers) and the needs of the businesses and churches (parking for their patrons). Also at the September 27, 1988 meeting, council asked staff to address a few other concerns. The first concern was the installation of parking meters at non-residential frontage. Staff reviewed this possibility and determined that approximately 70 meters may be installed throughout the zone, including the area around the Fire Station at 19th and Arizona Avenue. The second concern was the proper signage required to clarify permit parking from non-permit parking. This concern is - 2 - simplified by the installation of meters at all non-residential parking spaces. For the streets having both non-residential and permit parking, a solution would be to separate them onto opposing sides of the street. Fifteenth street could be permit parking on the east and meters on the west. sixteenth Street could be permit parking on the west and meters on the east. The preferential permit would not apply to metered zones. A third concern was the alteration of parking in the zone to allow additional parking. Diagonal parking was investigated. Fourteenth and 17th Streets are collectors and therefore were not considered. Fifteenth, 16th, 18th, and 19th streets were evaluated. Staff determined the installation of diagonal parking would not result in a significant increase in parking spaces due to the limiting factors of road width, the number of driveways, and the angle at which the spaces would be installed. Recommendation It is recommended that city Council: 1. Adopt the resolution certifying the environmental impact report; and 2. Accept the accompanying ordinance for introduction and first reading. Prepared by: stan Scholl, Director of General Services Ron Fuchiwaki, City Parking & Traffic Engineer - 3 - CA:RMM:jld488jhpadv City council Meeting 9-25-90 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER Blll(CCS) (City council Series) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA CERTIFYING THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ON THE PROPOSED PREFERENTIAL PARKING ZONE BOUNDED BY 20TH STREET, WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 14TH STREET, AND SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, BUT NOT INCLUDING 20TH STREET WHEREAS, a Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report was issued in February, 1989: and WHEREAS, a Notice of Completion of a Draft Environm.ental Impact Report was published in June, 1989, in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act and the City of Santa Monica CEQA Guidelines; and WHEREAS, in November, 1989, the Final Environmental Impact Report was published; and WHEREAS, on September 25, 1990, the City council, as Lead city Agency, reviewed the Final Environmental Impact Report, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council has reviewed and considered the Final Environmental Impact Report on the proposed Preferential Parking Zone bounded by 20th Street, Wilshire Boulevard, 14th Street, and Santa Monica Boulevard {but not inclUding 20th street prior to acting on the project. - 1 - SECTION 2. The city council finds that the Final Environmental Impact Report adequately reviews and analyzes potential environmental effects of the proposed project. SECTION 3. consistent with Article VI, Section 12 of the City CEQA Guidelines and section 15091 of the state CEQA Guidelines, the City council finds that there are no reasonable and available alternatives to the project that would significantly and substantially reduce the impact on the environment which would accomplish the project objectives, and would be consistent with the land use goals of the City as set forth in the standards of the Zoning Ordinance and General Plan. While the proj ect is anticipated to result in one significant adverse impact to parking facilities, appropriate mitigations recommended in the Environmental Impact Report will reduce these impacts to a level of insignificance. The project is not expected to result in any further significant adverse effects. The mitigation measures include restriping 15th and 16th streets within the project zone, providing sufficient off street parking, and ensuring continued compliance by Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center with its Traffic Management Plan. These measures will significantly avoid or reduce the potential impact on parking facilities and, therefore, the City Council finds that, as substantially mitigated, the potential lmpact on circulation is acceptable. SECTION 4. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, the mitigation measures required by this Resolution shall be monitored by the City to ensure project compliance. The - 2 - monitoring program shall include the filing of annual reports to the City Council and the designation by the City of staff, whose principal function shall be to implement the mitigation measures. SECTION 5. The City council certifies tha t the environmental review for the project was conducted in full compliance with state and City CEQA Guidelines, that there was adequate public review of the Draft Environmental Impact Report, that the City Council has considered all comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report and responses to comments, that the Final Environmental Impact Report adequately discusses all significant environmental issues, and that the City Council has considered the contents of the Final Environmental Impact Report in its decision-making process. SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certlfy to the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. APPROVED AS TO FORM: r~.,--l' ~ ~ ROBERT M. MYERS City Attorney - 3 - Adopted and approved this 25th day of September, 1990. f)r) ~ 2y~ I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 81l1(CCS) was duly adopted by the city council of the City of Santa Monica at a meeting thereof held on September 25, 1990 by the following Council vote: Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Finkel, Genser, Jennings, Ka t z , Reed, Mayor Zane Noes: Councilmembers: None Abstain: Councilmembers: None Absent: Councilmembers: None ATTEST: ~~ ..--- ~ city CleljK CA:RMM:rmd793b/hpca City council Meeting 9-25-90 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER (city council Series) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 3238N TO THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH PREFERENTIAL PARKING ZONE N WHEREAS, the Parking and Traffic Engineer has received a petition requesting establishment of a preferential parking zone in the area bounded by Santa Monica Boulevard, 14th street, Wilshire Boulevard, 20th Street, but not including 20th Street; 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 parking zone; and WHEREAS, the Parking and Traffic Englneer has undertaken such studies and surveys deemed necessary to determine whether a preferential parking zone should be designated in said area; and WHEREAS, the City Council is satisfied that the proposed area meets the designation criteria set forth in Municipal Code Section 3232A, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: - 1 - SECTION 1. Section 3238N is added to the Santa Monica Municipal COde to read as follows: Section 3238N. Preferential Parkinq Zone N. (a) The following named and described streets within the City shall constitute Preferential parking Zone N: 14th street, 15th Street, 16th street, 17th street, 18th street, and 19th street between Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard. (b) No vehicle shall be parked or stopped adjacent to any curb in Preferential Parking Zone N for longer than two hours without a permit issued and displayed in accordance with this Chapter during the following hours: ( 1) 9 : 00 a. m. to 9 : 00 p . m. on Mondays through Fridays. (2) 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. (c) Any vehicle parked or stopped for longer than two hours without a permit when required by this section may be removed from the street by any police officer. (d) The annual fee for each permit issued for Preferential Parking Zone N - 2 - shall be $15.00 per permit, or such other fee as may be established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. 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. 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 - 3 - within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effective after 30 days from its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~w.,~ ROBERT M. MYERS City Attorney - 4 - j{" ' I ~\. lC~<-:C.~ ~-D CA:RMM:rmd793b/hpca city Council Meeting 9-25-90 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER (City Council Series) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 3238N TO THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH PREFERENTIAL PARKING ZONE N WHEREAS, the Parking and Traffic Engineer has received a petition requesting establishment of a preferential parking zone in the area bounded by Santa Monica Boulevard, 14th street, Wilshire Boulevard, 20th Street, but not including 20th Street; 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 parking zone; and 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 said area; and WHEREAS, the City Council is satisfied that the proposed area meets the designation criteria set forth in Municipal Code section 3232A, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: - 1 - SECTION 1. Section 3238N is added to the Santa Monica Municipal Code to read as follows: section 3238N. Preferential Parking Zone N. (a) The following named and described streets within the city shall constitute Preferential Parking Zone N: 14th Street, 15th street, 16th Street, 17th street, 18th street, and 19th street between Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard, and Arizona Avenue between 14th street and 20th Street. (b) No vehicle shall be parked or stopped adj acent to any curb in Preferential Parking Zone N for longer than two hours without a permit issued and displayed in accordance with this Chapter during the following hours: (1) 9: 00 a. m. to 9: 00 p. m. on Mondays through Fridays. (2) 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. (c) Any vehicle parked or stopped for longer than two hours without a permit when required by this section may be removed from the street by any police officer. - 2 - (d) The annual fee for each permit issued for Preferential Parking Zone N shall be $15.00 per permit, or such other fee as may be established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. 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. 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 - 3 - within 15 days after its adoption. This ordinance shall become effective after 30 days from its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM: r-v -1r.--v 1- i-vL - \,y", x....- ''-..-- ROBERT M. MYERS U city Attorney - 4 -