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CC RES 2019-002 RESOLUTION NO. 2019-02 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, REVISING THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES RESIDENT RECREATION PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM AND RESCINDING AND REPLACING RESOLUTION NO. 2015-72. 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. WHEREAS, on July 21, 2015, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted City Council Resolution No. 2015-72, establishing the RPV Resident Recreational Parking Permit Program, which reserved ten parking spaces on Crenshaw Boulevard to City residents who wish to visit the nearby Del Cerro Park and the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve for recreational purposes. WHEREAS, the City Council established the RPV Resident Recreational Parking Permit Program because nonresident visitors fully utilized all available public parking for extended periods of time. These parked vehicles were precluding residents of the City from being able to park and enjoy the public amenities, which constituted a deterioration of their residential quality of life. WHEREAS, the City Council finds that parking by non-residents on Park Place to access Del Cerro Park and the Nature Preserve is causing excessive traffic because the street is a cul-de-sac, and spaces are taken by nonresident visitors for many hours at a time. WHEREAS, the City Council finds that reserving the 16 non-ADA parking spaces on Park Place instead of the 10 spaces on Crenshaw Boulevard to residents visiting Del Cerro Park and the Nature Preserve will achieve its goal of easing resident access to the amenities and will reduce the traffic issues on Park Place, while at the same time ensuring public access to Del Cerro Park and the Nature Preserve. WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the 16 parking spaces on Park Place may also serve as spaces for guests of Park Place residents, subject to a properly submitted and approved petition for neighborhood permit parking by the Park Place Homeowners Association, as required by Chapter 10.20. WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that establishing permit parking would not result in significant environmental effects because the result of the program will not significantly alter existing conditions. Therefore, in accordance to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City Council finds that establishment of the permit parking program is considered a Categorical Exemption from CEQA based on Section 15301(c) of Article 19, which states that operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographic features involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's determination. NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Required Findings. The City Council finds that a recreation parking permit program for City residents who desire to park on Park Place for the enjoyment of Del Cerro Park and the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve continues to be necessary to mitigate the adverse parking impacts caused by long-term parking of vehicles belonging to nonresident visitors to the public amenities. These adverse impacts have resulted in deterioration of the quality of life for City residents, and are detrimental to property values. For these reasons, the City Council finds that the establishment of a designated permit parking area, for the portion of the street listed in Section 2 of this Resolution, is necessary to mitigate these adverse impacts and to provide reasonably available and convenient parking for the benefit of City residents who wish to access Del Cerro Park and the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve. Section 2. Designation of Resident Recreation Permit Parking Area. Based upon the findings in Section 1, the following areas are designated for resident recreation permit parking: Park Place 16 existing non-ADA parking spaces These parking spaces may also be subject to Neighborhood Permit Parking restrictions. Section 3. Parking Restrictions. Pursuant to Section 22507 of the Vehicle Code, the permit parking restrictions on the portions of the streets listed in Section 2, above, shall be as follows: Resident recreation parking shall be by permit only. Recreational parking permits shall be available to all residents of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. Parking shall be limited to 3 hours maximum from one hour before dawn till one hour after dusk, 365 days a year. Between one hour after dusk and one hour before dawn, citywide parking limitations shall apply. 01203.0006/531573.3 Resolution No. 2019-02 Page 2 of 3 Non-recreational residential parking shall be by permit only, following approval by the City Council of a Neighborhood Permit Parking Program. Vehicles parked in violation of these provisions may be cited and/or towed at the vehicle owner's sole expense. 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: Resolution No. 2015-72 is hereby rescinded and replaced by this Resolution. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 15th day of January 2019. 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, hereby certify that the above Resolution No. 2019-02 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeti • 'ereof held on January 15, 2019. di& ity Clerk 01203.0006/531573.3 Resolution No. 2019-02 Page 3 of 3