SR-01-22-2013-11BCity Council Report
City of
Santa Monica,
City Council Meeting: January 22, 2013
Agenda Item: 11 E5
To: Mayor and City Council
From: David Martin, Planning and Community Development Director
Subject: Amendment of Preferential Parking Zone TT
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Amend Preferential Parking Zone TT to include the following 25 blocks:
• 20tH 21st 22nd 23rd 25th and 26th Streets between Montana and Washington
Avenues
® 24th Street between Idaho and Washington Avenues
• Montana and Idaho Avenues between 20th and 26th Streets
The regulations will be: 'Two hour parking 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, except by permit."
2. 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.
Executive Summary
Residents of the 2200 block of Idaho Avenue and the 900 blocks of 22nd 23`d and 24th
Streets have submitted petitions for preferential parking regulations. They assert that
unregulated non - resident parking is impacting their ability to find parking near their
homes. The majority of the streets to the south of this neighborhood have preferential
parking regulations that further restrict their ability to find parking.
Staff recommends approving this neighborhood for preferential parking regulations that
are consistent with adjacent streets: 'Two hour parking 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, except
by permit." Should Council approve the recommended action, it is estimated that these
four blocks would generate $3,840, which would offset, but not fully recover, the cost to
the City of issuing permits to residents. Additionally, new signage would be required at
an estimated cost of $840.
Background
Preferential parking is a tool the City uses to manage non - resident parking on
residential streets, as authorized by Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 3.08 and the
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California Vehicle Code. Preferential parking regulations manage the use of on- street
parking to assist residents in finding parking near their home. Only residents who live on
a block with preferential parking restrictions are eligible to purchase a permit. Permits
may be used within two blocks of the address of the permit owner.
Residents may petition to initiate a preferential parking zone at any time. Upon receipt
of a petition representing two - thirds of the residential units on a block, a parking
occupancy study of the neighborhood is conducted and a community meeting is held. In
evaluating the petitions, staff typically evaluates the larger neighborhood, rather than an
individual block due to the potential for parking displacement when regulations are
established or changed. As a result, staff typically recommends pre- approving
regulations for a neighborhood to streamline and expedite the process for adjacent
blocks should some displacement occur. Ultimately, the Council considers the request
and Municipal Code requirements to approve any creation or modification to a
preferential parking zone. Changes to established regulations are achieved by the same
process.
Discussion
Zone TT was established by Council on August 17, 1999 and amended on February 13,
2001 and again on June 14 2005. Refer to Attachment B for a map of the area parking
regulations. It is comprised of the following streets: 20th 21ST 22nd 23`d 24tH 25th and
Chelsea Streets between California and Washington Avenues, and Washington and
California Avenues between 20th and 26th Streets. The neighborhood is a mix of single
and multifamily homes, with commercial uses along Wilshire Boulevard. Douglas Park is
located within the Zone. The regulations in Zone TT are "two hour parking 9 a.m. to 10
p.m. daily, except by permit," except on two blocks which have earlier end times. The
regulations on the 1000 block of 24th Street end at 9 p.m. and the regulations on the
1000 block of 25th Street end at 6 p.m.
In December 2011, petitions for preferential parking regulations representing 75 percent
of the households on Idaho Avenue between 22nd and 23`d Streets and 70 percent of
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the households on 23 d Street between Idaho and Washington Avenues were submitted.
Subsequent petitions were submitted for the 900 blocks of 22 "d Street (77 percent in
February 2012) and 24th Street (68 percent in March 2012). The neighborhood is
primarily composed of single family homes, with multi - family residences along 20th and
21St Streets and Montana Avenue. Franklin Elementary School is located within this
area.
As a result of these petitions, a parking occupancy study was conducted of the area
bounded by 20th Street, Montana Avenue, 26th Street and Washington Avenue. The
parking occupancy of each block was field checked on four weekdays and one Saturday
in February 2012. The study indicates a diverse range of occupancies throughout the
neighborhood. Occupancies on the multifamily blocks of 20th and 21St Streets between
Montana and Washington Avenues were consistently observed within the range of 64 to
100 percent occupancy. The 900 blocks of 22 "d, 23`d and 24th Streets fluctuated
between lows of 33 to 44 percent and a high of 84 percent. 26th Street had consistently
low occupancies in the range of 23 to 59 percent. Full study results are included as
Attachment C.
Sixty -five community members attended a community meeting held February 27, 2012.
Those in attendance expressed a diverse array of opinions from opposition to
preferential parking regulations to a strong desire for them. Some residents expressed
that Wilshire Boulevard employees parking on residential streets make it difficult for
residents to find parking near their homes while others stated that finding parking near
their homes is easy for them. Many indicated that they were concerned about how
preferential parking regulations might affect Franklin Elementary School. Full meeting
comments are included as Attachment D.
Accordingly, City staff met with the Principal, Vice Principal and PTSA co- chairs of the
school. All were concerned about the impact of preferential parking regulations. The
school has 80 staff and roughly 30 on -site parking spaces. City staff sent a survey to the
Franklin Elementary School community, including parents, teachers, and volunteers, to
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better understand the parking needs at the school. Responses from 269 people were
received indicating a range of demand and duration. Less than half of respondents park
in the neighborhood, some for visits under two hours and some for greater than two
hours. Of the approximately 116 cars identified in the survey that park in the
neighborhood, fifty -five park for less than two hours and this population would be
unaffected by the preferential parking regulations as recommended. Regulations would
affect the other 61 vehicles associated with staff, parents, and volunteers. Staff has
offered to provide the school with trip reduction strategies to reduce the parking needs
in the neighborhood. All public schools in Santa Monica have preferential parking
regulations implemented on or pre- approved for their surrounding blocks, except for
Franklin Elementary School and Edison Language Academy. In none of these instances
were accommodations made for the schools.
The petitioners identified Whole Foods Market at 2201 Wilshire Boulevard as a major
source of the parking problem. Staff contacted the market and hosted several small
meetings with representatives of the market and the board of the Northeast Neighbors
Association. As an outcome of those meetings, Whole Foods Market agreed to
implement various transportation demand management strategies to reduce their
parking impacts. These included requiring all employees to park on site in the
subterranean parking garage, the installation of additional bicycle racks, and the
promotion of alternative modes of travel by both employees and customers through gift
card raffles.
Staff recommends approving the blocks in this neighborhood for preferential parking
regulations that match the adjacent streets in Zone TT: "Two hour parking 9 a.m. to 10
p.m. daily, except by permit." Adjacent blocks are included in the recommendation to
expedite the preferential parking implementation process should they submit complete
petitions in the future.
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Alternatives
The Council could maintain the existing conditions or adopt different hours and types of
restrictions than recommended. Council could direct staff to develop a program to allow
the issuance of permits to staff and /or volunteers of Franklin Elementary School. This
program could mirror the existing preferential parking program for employees of
businesses in the vicinity of Pico Boulevard and 10th Street as authorized by Santa
Monica Municipal Code Chapter 3.10. A similar program could accommodate the
parking needs of Franklin Elementary School within the existing area where those
vehicles are currently parking, potentially preventing them from moving to other less
convenient blocks in the vicinity or on the north side of Montana Avenue.
Council could direct staff to reevaluate who is eligible to purchase permits. Currently,
only residents who live on the block with preferential parking regulations are eligible to
purchase a permit. Residents may be frustrated when an adjacent block petitions for
preferential parking because they can no longer park on those blocks, while residents
with permits can park on both permitted and non - permitted streets. If all residents within
one or two blocks of a zone were eligible to purchase a permit, it would address the
issue and may reduce the number of blocks applying for parking permits.
Finally, Council could direct staff to further explore citywide implementation of Land Use
and Circulation Element (LUCE) policy T22.2: "Expand management options for
residential parking permit districts in order to increase parking availability for residents"
(p. 4.0 -71). Options include:
• Limiting the number of residential permits issued, so that permits are "more than
just a 'hunting license "' (p. 4.0 -68). Currently, residents are issued one permit for
every vehicle they own and up to two visitor permits per household. In many
neighborhoods, this results in a stark imbalance between the number of permits
issued and the amount of on- street parking spaces. One way to achieve this
would be to have an escalating fee schedule, where second or third permits cost
more than the first permit.
• Excluding new residential projects from participation in preferential parking to
various degrees (p. 4.0 -69).
• Incentivizing residents to use garages for parking rather than storage (p. 4.0 -69)
or preventing residents with available off - street parking from purchasing permits.
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Environmental 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 defines 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 negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing
at the time of the lead agency's determination." This exemption includes: "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.
Next Steps
If preferential parking regulations are approved, they will be implemented on the 2200
block of Idaho Avenue and the 900 blocks of 22nd 23rd and 24th Streets within 8 weeks.
Regulations will be implemented on the remaining blocks upon receipt of a qualifying
two - thirds petition from the residents of that block.
Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
An estimated 256 new permits would be sold in Zone TT upon Council approval. This
will generate $3,840 in revenue at account 01225.400290, which would offset the cost
to the City of issuing permits to residents in the zone. Currently, the Preferential Parking
program does not reflect the full cost recovery; each $15 permit costs the City $18.77 to
issue. New signage will need to be ordered and installed at an estimated cost of $840.
Funds for the purchase and installation of new signage are available in account
01416.544010.
Prepared by: Jason Kligier, AICP, Transportation Planning Associate
Approved:
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David Martin
Director, Planning and Community
Development
Forwarded to Council:
Rod Gould
City Manager
Attachments:
A. Resolution Establishing Preferential Parking, Exhibit A — Preferential Parking
Zones
B. Map
C. Parking occupancy data
D. Community meeting comments
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ATTACHMENT C
Thursday, February 9, 2012 — 9:30 am to 10:30 am
Block
Between
And
Parked
Available
%Occupied
20th
WA
ID
36
7
84%
20th
ID
MT
27
10
73%
21st
WA
ID
33
7
83%
21st
ID
MT
36
11
77%
22nd
WA
ID
31
17
65%
22nd
ID
MT
26
21
55%
23rd
WA
ID
23
20
53%
23rd
ID
MT
41
8
84%
24th
WA
ID
22
23
49%
25th
WA
ID
26
22
54%
25th
ID
MT
26
18
59%
26th
WA
ID
13
27
33%
26th
ID
MT
12
21
36%
WA
20th
21st
11
11
50%
WA
21st
22nd
4
13
24%
WA
22nd
23rd
2
16
11%
WA
23rd
24th
3
13
19%
WA
24th
25th
5
20
20%
WA
25th
26th
8
7
53%
ID
20th
21st
20
6
77%
ID
21st
22nd
10
11
48%
ID
22nd
23rd
12
10
55%
ID
23rd
24th
12
10
55%
ID
24th
25th
14
6
70%
ID
25th
26th
5
16
24%
MT
20th
21st
10
4
71%
MT
21st
22nd
16
9
64%
MT
22nd
23rd
12
6
67%
MT
23rd
24th
14
8
64%
MT
24th
25th
6
6
50%
MT
25th
26th
15
4
79%
Friday, February 10, 2012 — 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Block
Between And
Parked Available
%Occupied
20th
WA ID
41 2
95%
20th
ID MT
25 11
69%
21st
WA ID
36 4
90%
21st
ID MT
29 16
64%
22nd
WA ID
35 12
74%
22nd
ID MT
21 24
47%
23rd
WA ID
37 11
77%
23rd
ID MT
48 3
94%
24th
WA ID
38 8
83%
25th
WA ID
19 27
41%
25th
ID MT
26 19
58%
26th
WA ID
10 32
24%
26th
ID MT
16 19
46%
WA
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13 11
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WA
21st 22nd
8 8
50%
WA
22nd 23rd
3 17
15%
WA
23rd 24th
7 11
39%
WA
24th 25th
4 20
17%
WA
25th 26th
13 4
76%
ID
20th 21st
23 3
88%
ID
21st 22nd
12 8
60%
ID
22nd 23rd
18 7
72%
ID
23rd 24th
24 1
96%
ID
24th 25th
18 6
75%
ID
25th 26th
7 15
32%
MT
20th 21st
STREET SWEEPING
MT
21st 22nd
STREET SWEEPING
MT
22nd 23rd
STREET SWEEPING
MT
23rd 24th
STREET SWEEPING
MT
24th 25th
STREET SWEEPING
MT
25th 26th
STREET SWEEPING
Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Block
Between
And
Parked
Available
%Occupied
20th
WA
ID
33
8
80%
20th
ID
MT
25
12
68%
21st
WA
ID
31
11
74%
21st
ID
MT
29
15
66%
22nd
WA
ID
30
17
64%
22nd
ID
MT
22
22
50%
23rd
WA
ID
29
19
60%
23rd
ID
MT
23
26
47%
24th
WA
ID
15
30
33%
25th
WA
ID
19
25
43%
25th
ID
MT
13
30
30%
26th
WA
ID
14
25
36%
26th
ID
MT
7
24
23%
WA
20th
21st
10
13
43%
WA
21st
22nd
5
14
26%
WA
22nd
23rd
8
16
33%
WA
23rd
24th
3
16
16%
WA
24th
25th
9
17
35%
WA
25th
26th
13
5
72%
ID
20th
21St
15
9
63%
ID
21st
22nd
8
14
36%
ID
22nd
23rd
5
19
21%
ID
23rd
24th
17
5
77%
ID
24th
25th
6
18
25%
ID
25th
26th
4
19
17%
MT
20th
21st
6
5
55%
MT
21st
22nd
16
7
70%
MT
22nd
23rd
9
10
47%
MT
23rd
24th
10
7
59%
MT
24th
25th
6
3
67%
MT
25th
26th
8
10
44%
Thursday, February 23, 2012 —10:30 pm to 11:30 pm
Block
Between
And
Parked
Available
%Occupied
20th
WA
ID
42
0
100%
20th
ID
MT
35
1
97%
21st
WA
ID
40
3
93%
21st
ID
MT
46
2
96%
22nd
WA
ID
22
27
45%
22nd
ID
MT
37
10
79%
23rd
WA
ID
21
27
44%
23rd
ID
MT
30
19
61%
24th
WA
ID
22
24
48%
25th
WA
ID
21
28
43%
25th
ID
MT
21
23
48%
26th
WA
ID
10
32
24%
26th
ID
MT
16
17
48%
WA
20th
21st
21
5
81%
WA
21st
22nd
11
6
65%
WA
22nd
23rd
6
16
27%
WA
23rd
24th
5
13
28%
WA
24th
25th
9
18
33%
WA
25th
26th
8
9
47%
ID
20th
21st
25
0
100%
ID
21st
22nd
21
1
95%
ID
22nd
23rd
11
11
50%
ID
23rd
24th
6
15
29%
ID
24th
25th
5
18
22%
ID
25th
26th
11
13
46%
MT
20th
21st
11
3
79%
MT
21st
22nd
18
5
78%
MT
22nd
23rd
11
5
69%
MT
23rd
24th
2
16
11%
MT
24th
25th
0
11
0%
MT
25th
26th
14
4
78%
Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 4 :00 pm to 5:00 pm
Block
Between
And
Parked
Available
%Occupied
20th
WA
ID
38
7
84%
20th
ID
MT
34
2
94%
21st
WA
ID
36
6
86%
21st
ID
MT
39
7
85%
22nd
WA
ID
41
8
84%
22nd
ID
MT
20
25
44%
23rd
WA
ID
28
20
58%
23rd
ID
MT
26
21
55%
24th
WA
ID
23
24
49%
25th
WA
ID
25
22
53%
25th
ID
MT
17
29
37%
26th
WA
ID
12
24
33%
26th
ID
MT
20
14
59%
WA
20th
21st
20
5
80%
WA
21st
22nd
5
12
29%
WA
22nd
23rd
5
12
29%
WA
23rd
24th
5
12
29%
WA
24th
25th
9
14
39%
WA
25th
26th
8
9
47%
ID
20th
21st
23
1
96%
ID
21st
22nd
21
1
95%
ID
22nd
23rd
11
11
50%
ID
23rd
24th
5
11
31%
ID
24th
25th
5
14
26%
ID
25th
26th
7
14
33%
MT
20th
21st
9
6
60%
MT
21st
22nd
12
8
60%
MT
22nd
23rd
8
8
50%
MT
23rd
24th
2
15
12%
MT
24th
25th
0
10
0%
MT
25th
26th
7
11
39%
ATTACHMENT D
February 27, 2012
Community Meeting Comments
• In favor of regulations that end between 5pm and 7pm
• 1 have to park blocks away from home
• Preferential parking just pushes the problem to other blocks
• Opposed to the cost and inconvenience of permits
• There isn't enough on- street parking on 20'" to fit all the cars
• Whole Foods should run a shuttle for their employees
• 2300 Wilshire needs two exits and rooftop parking
• The problem isn't just Whole Foods. California Chicken Cafe, Veterinarian, Light bulb
store employees also park here
• We have to find off - street parking for these employees
• What about Franklin Elementary school employees and events?
• Preferential parking is a headache, but it is the lesser of 2 evils
• USM also creates a problem
• I'm okay with neighbors parking on my block, just not strangers
• Homeless people live in their cars and park here
• This is about safety
• Trash is left all over
• There has been an increase in car break ins
• The City doesn't help businesses find parking
• Zoning should require employee parking on site
• Sloppy parking, blocking driveways
• Preferential parking is a band aid
• SMPD is a better solution to crime than Preferential parking
• How does Preferential parking affect small businesses?
• 1 am opposed to paying for permits
• Preferential parking don't seem legal
• This is a quality of life problem
• Whole Foods employees should take transit
• Whole Foods creates congestion on 23`d St
• Years ago there was no parking or traffic issue: Whole Foods caused it
• Parking is the worst on Tues and Wed
• Was USM in session when data was collected?
• I want Preferential parking
• Does Preferential parking affect rent control rates?
• Preferential parking is the only answer
• There is never parking available when I return from errands during the day
• Employees coordinate their departures to give spaces to one another
• 1 feel held captive at home
•- Approval should not be street by street
• Permits should be free
• Whole Foods should pay for our permits
• The City caused this problem
• Preferential parking isn't needed on Sundays
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Reference Resolution No.
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