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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation, including the petitions, into the record, conclude the hearing, and request City Attorney to prepare an amendment to the Long Beach Municipal Code, to establish Preferential Parking District “AB” as recommended by the City Traffic Engineer. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
Residents of Anaheim Road between Studebaker Road and Almada Street, have requested the establishment of a new preferential parking district to seek on-street parking relief due to overflow parking generated by students attending California State University Long Beach. The residents have also requested that a one-hour parking restriction from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays, be established within the proposed preferential parking district.
A parking study conducted by staff during a peak period of activity at Anaheim Road, revealed that 75 percent of the existing on-street parking spaces within a two-block area were occupied at the time of the survey. In addition, it was discovered that 84 percent of the vehicles parked on these two blocks were not registered to residents of the neighborhood.
A petition formally requesting the establishment of a preferential parking district and a one-hour parking restriction from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, was circulated among the residents of the two-block area. A copy of the petition is attached as Exhibit A. A review of the petition by staff revealed that 96 percent of the residents of two blocks supported the implementation of preferential parking and the proposed parking restriction.
In order to prevent parking spillover to other blocks, the City Traffic Engineer is proposing to expand the preferential parking district to include streets that may be impacted. The streets in such an expansion would include, Kallin Avenue, El Jardin Street, and the west side of Studebaker Road. Residents of these streets were informed of the proposal by mail and...
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