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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation, including the petitions, into the record, conclude the public hearing, and request the City Attorney to prepare an amendment to the Long Beach Municipal Code, to expand Preferential Parking District “U” as recommended by the City Traffic Engineer. (District 4)
DISCUSSION
Residents on Los Santos Drive between Chatwin Avenue and Garford Street have requested inclusion in Preferential Parking District “U.” Residents are seeking on-street parking relief due to overflow parking generated by California State University Long Beach students. Currently, students park on their block to avoid parking on restricted streets that are already part of the Preferential Parking District “U.” The residents have also requested that a one-hour parking restriction from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, be established within the proposed preferential parking district expansion.
A parking study conducted by Public Works staff during a peak period of activity at Los Santos Drive revealed that 86 percent of the existing on-street parking spaces within the block area requested were occupied at the time of the survey, with 90 percent of the vehicles not registered to residents of the neighborhood.
To determine support for the establishment of a preferential parking district, a petition formally requesting the inclusion on the preferential parking district, and a one-hour parking restriction from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, was circulated among the residents of the four-block area. A copy of the petition is attached (Exhibit A). A review of the petition by staff revealed that 89 percent of the residents of the block supported their inclusion in the preferential parking district and the proposed parking restriction.
To prevent parking spillover in the blocks adjacent to the proposed preferential parking district expansion, the City Traffic Engineer is ...
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