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Recommendation to adopt resolution to allow the installation of angled parking on:
a. The north side of Shoreline Drive from Chestnut Place to
Cedar Avenue;
b. The north side of Shoreline Drive from Aquarium Way to Pine
Avenue; and
c. The south side of Shoreline Drive from Pine Avenue to
Shoreline Village Drive;
Approve the expansion of Parking Meter Zone 20; and
Request City Attorney to prepare an amendment to Section 10.28.130 of the Long Beach Municipal Code, relating to parking meter zones. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
On November 14, 2014, the City of Long Beach and DDR Urban, LP (DDR), as co-permittees, received California Coastal Commission (Coastal Commission) approval for an amendment to Coastal Development Permit 5-98-156, subject to special conditions, for the modification of the valet parking operations, validation program, and parking garage rates and fees for the Pike development at 95 South Pine Avenue. The Pike development, under a long-term lease between the City and DDR, has rebranded itself as The Pike Outlets, and the approved modifications will provide consistency between the parking facilities in the Shoreline area and improve the visitor and shopper experience. The special conditions of the amendment required the creation of additional public parking in the form of 32 new parking spaces in the Aquarium Parking Garage and 37 new metered parking spaces along Shoreline Drive. These 69 new parking spaces serve as mitigation for public access impacts resulting from the expansion of valet parking services.
Subsequently, the City’s Traffic Engineering Division reviewed the existing design and plans for the Aquarium Garage and determined that 32 new parking spaces were not feasible; thus, an alternative location needed to be identified. Through an engineering evaluation of Shoreline Drive, it was determined that the public right-of-way was wide enough to accommodate additional angled parking on both the north and south sides...
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