ORD 642 ORDINANCE NO. 642
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
ADDING CHAPTER 10.40 (PARKING METERS) TO TITLE 10
(VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, TO
ESTABLISH METERED PARKING ZONES AND
ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS WITHIN THE CITY
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes ("City"), pursuant to Vehicle Code
Section 22508, has the authority to establish metered parking zones within the city and to
regulate the fees, hours, and use of metered parking; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that in the past decade, the internet and social media
have popularized hiking trails in the City, leading to a significant uptick in visitors to the
Palos Verdes Nature Preserve. The Portuguese Bend Reserve is the City's most popular
nature reserve and is often considered the front door to the 1,400-acre Preserve; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that approximately 658 people visit the Reserve daily,
resulting in vehicular traffic and noise impacts on surrounding neighborhoods, especially
on weekends and holidays; and
WHEREAS, the City finds the area that is the most impacted is the stretch of
Crenshaw Boulevard south of Crest Road. For approximately eight years, the City has
worked with surrounding residents to implement solutions, but despite these efforts,
adverse impacts persist; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that metered parking along this stretch of road would
ensure that parking spaces are used for a more controlled period of time, and help the
City control the flow of people into the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve; and
WHEREAS, the City now wishes to establish a metered parking zone within the
City, along with accompanying rules and regulations for the use of the same.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The facts set forth in the Recitals in this Ordinance are true and
correct, and incorporated by reference.
Section 2. Chapter 10.40 (Parking Meters) of Title 10 (Vehicles and Traffic) of
the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows:
"Chapter 10.40 — PARKING METERS.
Section 10.40.010 — Parking meter zones.
A. Parking meter zone boundaries are established as follows:
1. That portion of Crenshaw Boulevard south of Crest Road and
north of Park Place.
2. All of Park Place.
B. Within the parking meter zone, the City shall clearly designate
parking spaces subject to the parking meter zone. Lines or marks shall be
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placed on the curbs or on the pavement or surface of parking meter zones
at or alongside each parking space.
Section 10.40.020 — Fees.
A. The parking fees for parking in a designated parking space within the
parking meter zones shall be $10 for a block of time of up to three hours.
B. No fee shall be charged for the block of time between 7:00 a.m. and
9:00 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of each
week.
C. Parking reservations made which encompass only a portion of a
block of time based on the time that sunset occurs will be pro-rated.
Section 10.40.030 - Hours.
A. Paid and reservation-based parking covered by this chapter shall be
effective only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and one hour following sunset.
Section 10.40.040 — Payment and Reservation Required.
A. Prior to any vehicle parking in any space designated as a parking
meter space, a reservation is required, and payment (with the exception of
Park Place and the Recreational Residential parking area) of the applicable
fee ra re required.
Section 10.40.060 — Parking requirements.
A. Vehicles shall only be parked completely within the marked parking
spaces.
B. Vehicles shall not be parked for periods longer than paid for.
C. Metered parking spaces shall not be used for the purpose of
standing, storing or parking any object or thing other than a passenger
vehicle, without first obtaining written permission from the city manager.
D. The City Council may establish additional rules and regulations for
the operation and enforcement of metered parking, except that changes to
the location of a meter parking zone or the fees for a meter parking zone
may only be changed through ordinance.
Section 10.40.070 —Violation.
A. Violation of this chapter shall constitute a parking violation and shall
be punishable as provided in Chapter 10.20 of this Code with a fine of$110
(one hundred ten dollars)."
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or its application to any person or
circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of the remaining sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or
phrases of this ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City
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declares that it would have adopted each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause, phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof be declared
invalid or unenforceable.
Section 4. Certification and Posting. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance
to be posted in three (3) public places in the City within fifteen (15) days after its passage,
in accordance with the provisions of Section 36933 of the Government Code. The City
Clerk shall further certify to the adoption and posting of this Ordinance, and shall cause
this Ordinance and its certification, together with proof of posting, to be entered in the
Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force no earlier than
12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of March 2021.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, EMILY COLBORN, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 642 passed first reading on February 16, 2021, was duly adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on March 2, 2021, and that the
same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Bradley, Cruikshank, Ferraro and Mayor Alegria
NOES: Dyda
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
That at all times herein mentioned, she was and now is the City Clerk of
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;
That on March 3, 2021, she caused to be posted the following document
entitled: ORDINANCE NO. 642, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES ADDING CHAPTER 10.40 (PARKING
METERS) TO TITLE 10 (VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE, TO ESTABLISH METERED PARKING ZONES
AND ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS WITHIN THE CITY, a copy of
which is attached hereto, in the following locations:
City Hall Ladera Linda Community Center
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. 32201 Forrestal Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
Hesse Park
29301 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes
I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct affidavit of
posting.
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•uty City Clerk