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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, modifying Preferential Parking District "R" to include the Palo Verde Avenue service road between the Atherton Street service road and Marita Street, Tevis Avenue between the Atherton Street service road and Dayman Street and Marita Street between Fanwood Avenue and San Vicente Avenue as recommended by the City Traffic Engineer. (District 4)
DISCUSSION
Residents of the west side of the Palo Verde Avenue service road between the Atherton
Street service road and Marita Street, Tevis Avenue between the Atherton Street
service road and Dayman Street and Marita Street between Fanwood Avenue and San
Vicente Avenue have requested an expansion of Preferential Parking District "R to
include both sides of the Palo Verde Avenue service Road between the Atherton Street
service road and Marita Street, both sides of Tevis Avenue between the Atherton Street
service road and Dayman Street, and both sides of Marita Street between Fanwood
Avenue and San Vicente Avenue.
The residents of the west side of the aforementioned portion of the Palo Verde Avenue
service road have requested the implementation of preferential parking and a two-hour
parking restriction between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Monday through
Friday, except holidays, in order to seek on-street parking relief at this location which
has become impacted due to overflow parking from the nearby California State
University, Long Beach (CSULB) campus. In addition, the residents of the
aforementioned portion of Tevis Avenue have requested the implementation of
preferential parking to seek exemption from the existing one-hour parking restriction
currently in effect on this street. Furthermore, the residents of the aforementioned
portion of Marita Street have requested the implementation of preferential parking and a
two-hour parking restriction between the hours of 8:OO a.m. and 1O:OO p.m. everyday,
except Sundays and holidays The affected street segments are highlighted on the
vicinity map included as Attachment A.
Section 10.32.020.C of the Long Beach Municipal Code states that the City Council
shall determine if an area is to be designated for preferential parking based upon the
following criteria:
75 percent of the legal on-street parking spaces must be occupied by motor
vehicles during the period proposed for parking restrictions.
50 percent of the vehicles parked on the streets during the period proposed for
parking restrictions must be non-resident vehicles.
The district, alone or in combination with other existing or potential preferential
parking districts, constitutes a reasonably self-contained area of parking demand
and supply
In cases where a time limit parking restriction or prohibition is already in place,
the City Traffic Engineer shall use reasonable judgment as to whether the
demand criteria would likely be met without the restriction or prohibition.
A parking survey conducted by the Traffic and Transportation Bureau determined that
100 percent of the available parking spaces on both sides of the Palo Verde Avenue
service road between the Atherton Street service road and Marita Street were occupied
during the daytime hours and that 93 percent of the parked vehicles were registered to
owners not residing on this street. Based on the close proximity of the subject portion of
Tevis Avenue to the CSULB campus, the City Traffic Engineer determined that the
subject portion of Tevis Avenue would satisfy the aforementioned criteria as required for
the establishment of preferential parking if the existing one-hour parking restriction was
not currently in effect on this street. In addition, a parking survey conducted on Marita
Street between Fanwood Avenue and San Vicente Avenue showed that 100 percent of
the available parking spaces on this portion of the street were occupied during the
daytime hours and that 80 percent of the parked vehicles were registered to owners not
residing on this street.
Attachment B is a copy of the petition submitted by the residents on the west side of the
aforementioned limits of the Palo Verde Avenue service road, formally requesting the
establishment of a two-hour parking restriction and the expansion of Preferential
Parking District "R" to include both sides of this portion of the service road, as well as
the west side of the main portion of Palo Verde Avenue between Marita Street and
Atherton Street. A review of the petition demonstrates that 91. percent of the residents
on this portion of the service road support the establishment of the two-hour parking
restriction and the district expansion on the aforementioned limits of the service road
and the west side of the main portion of Palo Verde Avenue. Following the submittal of
the petition, however, the City Attorney opined that the inclusion of this portion of the
west side of the main portion of Palo Verde Avenue would not be legally justifiable in the
context of the City's Preferential Parking Program given that there are no residential
properties directly fronting this portion of Palo Verde Avenue. The properties along the
west side of the 1800 block of the Palo Verde Avenue service road were subsequently
notified by mail of staffs intention of forwarding this matter for the expansion of
Preferential Parking District " R without the main portion of Palo Verde Avenue.
Attachment C is a copy of the petition submitted by the residents on Tevis Avenue,
formally requesting the expansion of Preferential Parking District " R to include both
sides of this street. A review of the petition demonstrates that 85 percent of the
residents on Tevis Avenue support the district expansion on this street. Attachment D is
a copy of the petition submitted by the residents on Marita Street formally requesting the
expansion of Preferential Parking District "R" to include both sides of the
aforementioned portion of this street. A review of the petition demonstrates that 100
percent of the residents on Marita Street support the district expansion on this street.
Upon the approval of this item by the City Council and following the effective date of the
ordinance, the requested parking restrictions along with preferential parking will be
implemented on the Palo Verde Avenue service road and Marita Street and preferential
parking will be established on Tevis Avenue as proposed.
Contingent upon City Council approval, it is recommended that the City Attorney be
requested to prepare the following modification to Section 10.32.1 10 of the Long Beach
Municipal Code to read as follows:
"District R: Both sides of McNab Avenue between Atherton Street and Marita
Street; both sides of Conquista Avenue between Atherton Street and Dayman
Street; both sides of Fanwood Avenue between Atherton Street and Marita
Street; north side of Dayman Street from Conquista Avenue to a point two
hundred sixty two feet (262') west of Carfax Avenue; south side of Dayman
Street between Conquista Avenue and Tevis Avenue; both sides of the Palo
Verde Avenue service road between the Atherton Street service road and Marita
Street; both sides of Tevis Avenue between the Atherton Street service road and
Dayman Street; and both sides of Marita Street between Fanwood Avenue and
San Vicente Avenue:"
This letter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Lisa Peskay Malmsten on July 18,
2006, and Budget Management Officer David Wodynski on June 9,2006:
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
[Timing Considerations]
FISCAL IMPACT
The cost of materials and installation for the preferential parking signs is estimated at
$2,000. Sufficient funds are budgeted in the Capital Improvement Project PWT300 in
the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Department of Public Works (PW) to support this
activity.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
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Respectfully Submitted,
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GERALD R. MILLER |
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