SR 07-25-2017 11B
Ci ty Council
Report
City Council Meeting : July 25, 2017
Agenda Item: 11.B
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: David Martin, Director , Administration
Subject: Amendment of Preferential Parking Zone DD
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Counci l:
1. Amend Preferenti al Parking Zone DD to change 26 th Street between Pearl Street
and Ocean Park Place North from “2 Hour Parking, 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. Monday -
Friday by Permit” to “No P arking , 9 A.M. to 6 P.M., Monday -Friday, except by
permit”; and
2. Approve the attached Resolution (Attachment A) establishing Preferential
Parking Reg ulations.
Executive Summary
Residents of the 2400 to 2600 block of 26th Street have submitted qualifying petitions
for preferential parking regulations. The residents assert and staff agrees that the
existing regulations prohibiting all parking from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. Monday thru Friday do
not resolve the impacts of non -resident parking, is an insufficient solution by not
providing parking even to residents or their guests during these hours, and that by
simply removing the existing signage would create sig nificant impacts from non -resident
parking on residents’ ability to find parking near their homes. The s treet was pre -
approved for Preferential Parking by City Council in July 2011 ; however, residents have
requested changes to the previously approved park ing regulations thereby requiring
additional Council action .
Staff recommends amending Preferential Parking Zone DD , approving the following
preferential parking regulations for 26th Street between Ocean Park Place North and
Pearl Street with the regulati on “No Parking, 9 A.M. to 6 P.M., Monday thru Friday,
except by permit .”
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Should Council approve the recommended action, it is estimated that permit sales for
the 2400 to 2600 blocks of 26th Street would generate revenues of approximately
$2 ,000 annually, 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 one -
time cost of $2,000.
Background
Preferential parking is a tool the City uses to manage non -r esident parking use on
residential streets, as authorized by Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 3.08 and the
California Vehicle Code. Preferential parking regulations manage the use of on -street
parking to make parking more available for residents near th eir home. Only residents
who live on a block with preferential parking restrictions are eligible to purchase a
permit. Permits may be used within two block faces of the permit holder’s address.
Residents may petition to initiate a preferential parking zone at any time. Typically, u pon
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 evalua tes the larger neighborhood rather than an
individual block in order to account for parking displacement when regulations are
established or changed. As a result, staff typically recommends that the Council
preapprove preferential parking regulations for m ore than one block to streamline and
expedite the process for adjacent blocks should some displacement occur. However,
when the surrounding residential streets are already served by residential permit
parking, it is unnecessary to conduct further parking u tilization studies.
Once Council approves preferential parking regulations, they are implemented on the
block or blocks that have submitted qualifying petitions. Preferential parking regulations
are not implemented on blocks that have been pre -approved by the Council until the
time that the residents of those blocks submit qualifying petitions representing two -thirds
of the residential units on the block.
Discussion
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The residents of 26th Street between Ocean Park Place North and Pearl Street have
submitt ed complete petitions requesting to install preferential parking regulations. The
surrounding area includes:
to the north Preferential Parking Zone DD “2 hour parking 8 A .M .- 6 P .M . daily,
except by permit” along 26 th Street north of Pearl Street,
to the e ast, along Pearl Street , Zone H “2 hour parking, 9 A .M .- 6 P .M . daily,
except by permit”, and
to the west, along Pearl Street, Zone DD “2 hour parking, 8AM -6PM, Monday -
Friday, except by permit”.
The p etition blocks are shown in Attachment B .
The existing area regulations and petition blocks were previously established by Council
Action between 2002 and 2006. Parking demand in the area is moderate due to its
moderately -dense residential nature as well as its proximity to the successful business
district al ong Ocean Park Boulevard.
City Council previously approved the 26th Street between Ocean Park Place North and
Pearl Street, as well as the surrounding streets as Zone DD. As a result, there is no
subsequent need to conduct utilization studies .
Communit y Input
Residents along 26th Street and the Friends of Sunset Park Neighborhood Association
were notified of the proposed preferential parking zone by mail several times in each of
the three preceding months and invited to attend a June 15, 2017 evening co mmunity
meeting at the Pico Branch of the Santa Monica Public Library to discuss preferential
parking. A summary of the comments received at the meeting are listed below:
Residents expressed a preference for regulations limiting on -street parking to
reside nts and no parking for those without permits during the day;
Residents expressed concern regarding employees working at Ocean Park
Boulevard businesses parking on 26th Street;
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F urther, these same employees scramble to move their vehicles just before the
on set of the existing 10 AM to 2 PM parking prohibition and then returning
afterwards, causing undesired speeding and other behavior concerns; and
Some residents were initially opposed to any preferential parking regulations and
voiced concerns regarding inc onvenience, cost of parking permits, and difficultly
for visitors to park. Nevertheless, residents have come together and have now
exceeded the required supermajority of 66%, with 9 3 % of households in favor of
moving forward with the residential permit zo ne as proposed .
Recommended Preferential Parking Regulations
Based on previous City Council pre -qualifications for this part of town and the
community comments stating the difficulty of finding street parking and a desire for
preferential parking, staff r ecommends approving the following preferential parking
regulations for the following block:
26th Street between Pearl Street and Ocean Park Place North with the regulation
“No parking, 9 A.M. to 6 P.M., Monday to Friday, except by permit.”
As the intention of preferential parking is to improve access to street parking for block
residents and as the parking located on the 26th Street is adjacent to pedestrian access
to Ocean Park Boulevard and is frequently used by employees of Ocean Park
Boulevard businesse s, staff recommends the proposed preferential parking regulations
be applied to the parking along this segment of 26th Street.
Alternatives
The Council could maintain the existing parking regulations including pre -approved
preferential parking, o r adopt di fferent hours and types of restrictions than
recommended.
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 15 301 (c) which defines Class 1 exempt projects in the following way: “Class 1
consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor
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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.” The 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 the existing use.
Next Steps
If preferential parking regulations are approved, regulations wou ld be implemented on
the 2400 to 2600 block of 26th Street within seven (7) weeks. This allows time for:
residents to apply for permits, staff to process applications, signs to be ordered,
manufactured, and installed, and a grace period between the install ation of signs and
the enforcement of preferential parking regulations.
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
The amendment of Preferential Parking Zone DD would generate approximately $2 ,000
in ongoing revenues beginning FY 2017 -18 from the sale of an es timated 60 new
resident and visitor permits. Funds for the one -time cost related to the purchase of new
signage for the 2400 to 2600 block of 26th Street t otaling $2,000 are included in the FY
2017 -18 Biennial Budget in the Planning and Community Developm ent Department.
Prepared By: Salvador Valles, Assistant Director of PCD
Approved
Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Resolution
B. Existing and Proposed Preferential Parking Regulations
C. Written Comments
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D. Powerpoint Presentation
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Vernice Hankins
From:David Botfeld <dbotfeld@msn.com>
Sent:Monday, July 24, 2017 12:05 PM
To:councilmtgitems
Subject:City Council 7/25/17 item 11b
We are residents of Santa Monica and in support
Thank you
Item 11-B
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Item 11-B
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Vernice Hankins
From:stephanie grossman <stephaniegrossman@me.com>
Sent:Monday, July 24, 2017 9:25 PM
To:Stephanie Grossman
Cc:Council Mailbox; Scott Johnson; Beth Rolandson; councilmtgitems
Subject:Zone RR / Following up
Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and Council Members:
Following up on my message from May 10, the residents of the 500 block of Strand Street respectfully request
that you extend the restrictions approved for all other st reets of the newly zoned RR to our street as well.
When residents on our block first sought approval fo r preferential park ing we were advised by a former
Mobility Division staff member that a request for a Sat-Sun extension to the existing restrictions would be the
most prudent way to move forward. We had no idea that more extensive restrictions were possible and already
under consideration.
Since the other RR zoned streets will have restricted parking until 10pm daily and permit-only overnight
parking, there is a strong likelihood th at Strand will be negatively imp acted by vehicles, itinerant people,
tourists, workers and bar patrons who leave their cars late into th e night and/or sleep in them.
There was already an attempted break-in to my home in the middle of the night by drunk person who had
seemingly “lost” the way to his car. It was a terrif ying experience! My neighbors, Lindsey Childs and Jason
Champagne, have been impacted by other such incidents.
We would appreciate your immedi ate attention to this matter.
Kind regards,
Stephanie Grossman
On May 10, 2017, at 11:19 PM, Stephanie Grossman <stephaniegrossman@me.com > wrote:
Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and Council Members:
Thank you so much for your time last night.
Item 11-B
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Item 11-B
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Amendmen t of Pr ef er en tial P arking
Zo ne DD
Sant a Monic a City Council
July 25, 2017
It em 11 -B
Amendment
Zone DD
Exis ting Ar ea R egula tions
Pre -Approved Preferred
Parking Regulation
Implemented Preferred
Parking
Block Status
N
Pr oposed Pr ef er en tial P arking Zo ne
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Zone DD
Proposed Amendment
REFERENCE:
Resolutions No. 11065
(CCS)