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Recommendation to request City Attorney to draft ordinances and amendments as needed to modify various sections of the Long Beach Municipal Code as recommended in Exhibits A and B, to provide more clarity as to applicable regulations, and to provide the City Traffic Engineer with additional authority and flexibility in the implementation of traffic and parking controls. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On May 6, 2008, the City Council requested that the City Manager and City Attorney return to City Council with potential modifications to the municipal code providing the City Traffic Engineer with greater discretion to develop more flexible parking solutions primarily in the designated parking impacted areas. In the conduct of reviewing the municipal code, it was determined that a number of changes in the approval and implementation of both parking and traffic controls would be beneficial in streamlining approval and providing flexibility to encourage unique solutions not only in the designated parking impacted areas, but throughout the City.
In early days of traffic and parking controls the City Council maintained complete authority over the implementation of all regulations relating to the movement of traffic and the regulation of parking. Over the past twenty years, the City Council has made numerous amendments to the municipal code delegating those authorities to city management, the Chief of Police, and the City Traffic Engineer. Currently, the City Traffic Engineer has authority to implement the majority of traffic and parking controls in the city; however, City Council still retains some authorities related to stop signs, crosswalks, limited time parking, unattached trailer regulations, angled parking, and bus stops. Similarly, management retains some authorities related to traffic signals, the removal of traffic control devices, and the implementation of temporary traffic controls. In order to improve accountability, improve the delivery of services, and ...
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