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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation, including the petitions, into the record; conclude the public hearing; and request City Attorney to prepare an amendment to the Long Beach Municipal Code, modifying Preferential Parking District “I” to include Rendina Street between Palo Verde Avenue and Iroquois Avenue as recommended by the City Traffic Engineer. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
Residents of the La Marina Estates neighborhood, residing on Rendina Street between
Palo Verde Avenue and Iroquois Avenue in the vicinity of California State University,
Long Beach (CSULB), have requested an expansion of Preferential Parking District “I”
to include Rendina Street from Palo Verde Avenue to Iroquois Avenue. The residents
have requested: 1) the implementation of preferential parking to allow for exemption
from the existing one-hour parking restriction; and 2) a change in the hours during which
the one-hour parking restriction is in effect on this portion of Rendina Street (from 9:00
A.M. to 4:OO P.M. to between the hours of 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.). 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 cr...
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