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Council Meeting: June 14, 2005
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Santa Monica, CA
To:
Mayor and City Council
From:
City Staff
Subject:
Resolution Modifying Preferential Parking Zone TT to Reduce Hours for
Restrictions on 24th and 25th Streets between California and Washington
Avenues and Amending City Council Resolution 9344 CCS
Introduction
This report recommends the reduction of evening preferential parking restrictions for
two blocks within Zone TT, where current restrictions end at 10 pm. The residents of
the 1000 block of 24th Street between California and Washington Avenues have
submitted a petition requesting that their preferential parking restrictions end at 9 pm.
The residents of the 1000 block of 25th Street have submitted a petition requesting that
their preferential parking restrictions end at 6 pm.
Backaround
Residents of the 1000 blocks of both 24th and 25th Streets between California and
Washington Avenues have submitted petitions requesting a reduction of hours for their
preferential parking restrictions, as detailed in the following table:
Block
1000 24th Street
1000 25th Street
Petition Date
June 2004
October 2004
% of Residential
Units PetitioninQ Request
75% End restrictions at 9pm
80% End restrictions at 6pm
Current restrictions are "Two-hour parking 9am-10pm, Daily, except by permit."
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These blocks are part of Zone TT which includes 20th through 25th Streets between
Wilshire Boulevard and Washington Avenue, and California and Washington Avenues
between 20th and 26th Streets. See Attachment B, Vicinity Map.
Zone TT was originally created in August 1999 for the 2200 block of California. At that
time, preferential parking also existed on other blocks in the neighborhood, including the
1100 blocks of 21st through 24th Streets and the 1000 block of 22nd Street, but
restrictions were not uniform. Most blocks had two-hour daily parking restrictions,
except by permit. In response to petitions from additional blocks in the neighborhood,
Zone TT was amended and enlarged in February 2001 to its current boundaries and
restrictions.
Zone TT consists of both single and multi-family zoned properties with the multi-family
residences closer to the commercial district on Wilshire Boulevard. The commercial
district on Wilshire Boulevard is the major reason that residents have requested
preferential parking in this neighborhood. Parking demands from the large medical
complex just south of Wilshire Boulevard also exerts some pressure. North of California
Avenue and east of 21st Street, the zone consists of single-family residences, including
the two petitioning blocks.
Community Input
Residents and other neighbors in the immediate area (1000 blocks of 23rd through 25th
Streets and California Avenue between 23rd and 26th Streets) were invited to attend a
neighborhood meeting in January 2005 to discuss preferential parking restrictions. Staff
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received two e-mails supporting the petition effort, and none opposing. Five residents
(all of whom live on the 1000 blocks of either 24th or 25th Streets) attended the meeting.
All attendees had signed the petitions, and all were in favor of restrictions ending earlier
in the evenings. They stated that it's difficult to have visitors in the evenings, and that
there is plenty of parking available. Comments from the neighborhood meeting are
summarized in Attachment C.
Recommendation for the 1000 blocks of 24th and 25th Streets in Zone TT
Staff recommends granting the petitions on these streets as requested by a minimum of
75 percent of the residents. Though restrictions will no longer be uniform in the area,
the request of the significant majority of residents who desire less stringent restrictions
should be granted. Staff recommends the following amended regulations for
preferential parking zone TT:
1) Two-hour parking between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily, except by permit on:
. 20th, 21St, 22nd, and 23rd Streets and Chelsea Avenue between Wilshire
Boulevard and Washington Avenue
· 24th and 25th Streets between Wilshire Boulevard and California Avenue, and
. California Avenue between 20th and 26th Streets
2) Two-hour parking between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. daily, except by permit on:
. 24th Street between California and Washington Avenues
3) Two-hour parking between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily, except by permit on:
. 25th Street between California and Washington Avenues.
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BudqeUFinanciallmpact
The recommendation presented in this report does not have any budget or financial
impact.
CEQA Analysis
The proposed project has been determined to be categorically exempt from the
provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Article 19,
Section 15301 ( c ) which was recently amended to define Class 1 exempt projects in
the following way: "Class 1 consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting,
leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities,
mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving little or no expansion of use
beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's determination. . ." This exemption
lists as an example of "existing facilities:" "( c ) Existing highways and streets,
sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities." Preferential
parking zones involve only the issuance of permits for the use of an existing public
street and include negligible or no expansion of this existing use.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve the attached resolution amending Preferential Parking Zone TT and
amending Resolution 9344 CCS (Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Santa Monica Re-Establishing Various Preferential Parking Zones) by replacing
Exhibit A.
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Attachments:
Prepared by:
A
Resolution Establishing Preferential Parking, Exhibit A -
Preferential Parking Zones
Vicinity Map
Summary of Comments from Neighborhood Meeting
B
C
Andy Agle, Interim Director, Planning and Community Development
Lucy Dyke, Transportation Planning Manager
Beth Rolandson, Senior Transportation Planner
Ruth Harper, Transportation Planning Associate
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ATTACHMENT A
SEE ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 10041 (CCS)
ATTACHMENT B - VICINITY MAP
1000 blocks of 24th and 25th Streets--
Petitioning for an earlier end time for restrictions
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ATTACHMENT C
Comments from 24th and 25th Streets Neiahborhood Meetina: January 31,2005
. Could 24th Streets' restrictions end at 6pm?
· With many visitors in the evenings, it's hard to deal with permits, and tough to get
temporary party passes
· Let's let the employees park on the streets!
· Don't make streets exclusive
· Residents want more than 25 temporary passes
· Parking tickets add up!
· Would meters ever end up in residential areas?
. What are the next steps after this meeting?
· How often does parking enforcement check the streets?
· People often block driveways
· Is there any correlation between preferential parking and less crime?
· Crime and homelessness seems to be worse in Douglas Park
. Street sweepers hit trees and drop leaves all over the clean streets