CC RES 2015-078 RESOLUTION NO. 2015-78
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES APPROVING A COASTAL PERMIT
TO ESTABLISH PERMIT PARKING ON CHANNELVIEW COURT
(ZON2OI 5-00348).
WHEREAS, Chapter 10.20 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code
authorizes the City Council to establish permit parking in areas in the City by resolution
pursuant to the authority provided by California Vehicle Code Section 22507; and
WHEREAS, Terranea and hiking trails are located just to the southwest of
Channelview Court and members of the public accessing Terranea and the trails have
been observed parking their vehicles for long periods of time on this street. These
parked vehicles are precluding residents who live in this area from being able to park
vehicles in front of their homes, which is causing a deterioration of their residential
quality of life; and
WHEREAS, the residents along Channelview Court, have requested the City to
regulate the parking in this neighborhood to address the parking problems associated
with non-residents parking cars on this street; and
WHEREAS, the establishment of permit parking everyday, 24-hours a day, is
intended to reduce parking impacts along this street created by nonresident vehicular
parking, and is necessary to provide reasonably available and convenient parking for
the benefit of residents who live on this street and their guests.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality
Act, Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et. seq. ("CEQA"), the State's CEQA
Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15000 et. seq., the City's
Local CEQA Guidelines, and Government Code Section 65962.5(f) (Hazardous Waste
and Substances Statement), the proposed project has been found to be categorically
exempt under Class 1 (Section 15301); and,
WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on August 4,
2015, at which time all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard and
present evidence;
NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Required Findings. The City Council finds that the establishment of
a permit parking area for Channelview Court every day, 24 hours a day, is necessary to
provide parking on this street for the residents who live there that is caused by long term
parking of nonresident vehicles on this street. These adverse impacts have resulted in
deterioration of the residential quality and character of the Channelview Court
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neighborhood to the detriment of its residents and their property values. For these
reasons, the City Council finds that the establishment of a permit parking area for the
street listed in Section 2 of this Resolution is necessary to avoid the adverse impacts
upon the adjacent residential area indicated above and to provide reasonably available
and convenient parking for the benefit of the residents along this street throughout the
day and evening.
Section 2: Designation of Permit Parking Area. Based upon the findings in
Section 1, the following area is designated for permit parking:
Channelview Court (both sides from Seawolf Drive to end of the street).
Section 3: Designation of Parking Restrictions. Pursuant to Section 22507 of
the Vehicle Code, the permit parking restrictions on the street listed in Section 2 above
shall be as follows:
No parking except by permit only.
Section 4: Posting of Signs. The parking prohibitions contained in Section 3 of
this Resolution shall not become effective until signs have been posted giving adequate
notice of the parking restrictions imposed by this resolution. The Director of Public
Works is hereby authorized to erect such signs. Vehicles that are parked without
displaying the required permit may be towed pursuant Vehicle Code Section 22651(n).
Section 5: Coastal Permit Findings. A Coastal Permit for permit parking along
Channelview Court is warranted because:
A. That the proposed development is consistent with the coastal specific plan. More
specifically, The Coastal Specific Plan (CSP) identifies parking problems in parts
of the coastal zone and the need to address the matter. For example, the CSP
indicates that since the opening of the Abalone Cove Shoreline Park, some park
patrons have used residential streets for auto parking, particularly on weekends
and holidays. It was thought that the limited on-site parking would more or less
limit the number of patrons, but soon after it was clear that this self-limiting
hypothesis was not going to be the case. Rather, because of its popularity, cars
overflowed to any and all available parking spots. The parking overflow
adversely impacted adjacent residential areas and efforts such as posting no
parking and blocking non-resident access to residential areas have since relieved
most of the parking problems. The CSP continues to explain the need to work
with the residents to implement privatizing streets or regulating parking (CSP
Pages S4-14 and S5-15). Similar to the situation identified in the CSP at
Abalone Cove Shoreline Park, the increasing popularity of Terranea Resort and
its public amenities (ie. trails, viewing stairway, etc.) has resulted in increased
public and Terranea employee parking in the residential neighborhood of
Channelview Court. Channelview Court is a public residential street with public
parking allowed on both sides, extending west from Seawolf Drive and ending in
a cul-de-sac next to Terranea Way. Although there is free public parking
available for public trail users on the Terranea property, the parking is limited.
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Given the location of Channelview Court with a path at the end of the cul-de-sac
that provides access to Terranea Way, residents on Channelview Court have
been raising concerns with public parking on their street. In response to these
concerns and at the recommendation of the Traffic Safety Committee, parking
studies were prepared. These parking studies confirmed that Terranea Resort
employees and patrons play a role in over-parking, particularly on Channelview
Court. Additionally, the findings of the parking studies revealed that permit
parking could effectively eliminate parking intrusion along Channelview Court as
the displaced number of available parking spaces could be absorbed by the
larger SeaBluff neighborhood. Thus, as proposed, the permit parking program
will be enforced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and signs will be posted
restricting parking. The proposed method of parking regulation is consistent and
no different than the actions identified in the CSP that addressed parking
overflow surrounding Abalone Cove Shoreline Park by posting no parking signs
and blocking non-resident access.
B. That the proposed development, when located between the sea and the first
public road, is consistent with applicable public access and recreation policies of
the Coastal Act. Channelview Court is located within Coastal Zone, Subregion 3.
The four policies within Subregion 3 (CSP Page S3-14) do not relate to public
access or recreation. The 1978 Coastal Specific Plan includes language about
the former Marineland of the Pacific within Subregion 3. The CSP does not
identify any parking concerns or problems as a result of Marineland patrons.
Accordingly, there is no policy indicating the need for the provision of additional
parking or restricting parking in neighboring streets. However, Marineland was
demolished and replaced with Terranea Resort in 2009. The increasing
popularity of Terranea and surrounding public amenities soon resulted in
overflow parking into neighboring streets. The proposed permit parking is the
City's proposed method to mitigate the parking problems along Channelview
Court. The parking study indicates that even with the displaced parking from
Channelview Court, there will still be a surplus of available public parking areas
for the public to access the coastal trails and beaches. Although Subregion 3
does not have a specific policy that addresses parking issues, Subregion 4
includes a policy that reads "Continue to work with the residents and the County
to solve the parking problems caused by Abalone Cove Beach Park (CSP Page
S4-14)." This policy to address the parking problems in the past as the
neighborhood west of Abalone Cove Beach Park also experienced overflow
parking in the past. This problem was mostly relieved through the efforts of
posting no parking signs and blocking non-resident access to the residential
areas. The current situation in the SeaBluff neighborhood, especially along
Channelview is very similar to the parking problems that stemmed from the use
of Abalone Cove Beach Park. The proposed method of posting no parking signs
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and regulating parking mimics past efforts for Abalone Cove Beach Park as
identified in the CSP
Section 6: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of August 2015.
I/ AA
Attest:
City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles )ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Carla Morreale, the City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby certify
that the above Resolution No. 2015-78 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by
the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on August 4, 2015.
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City Clerk
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