CC RES 2020-059 RESOLUTION NO. 2020-59
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA PROHIBITING
THE STOPPING, PARKING, OR STANDING OF VEHICLES
ON CRENSHAW BOULEVARD ALONG AN
APPROXIMATELY 390 FOOT SECTION OF THE SOUTH
SIDE OF CRENSHAW BLVD. FROM APPROXIMATELY
RATTLESNAKE TRAILHEAD TO PARK PLACE FOR 60
DAYS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
WHEREAS, in 2008, the trails associated with the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve
(Nature Preserve) was formalized by the City Council with the adoption of the Preserve
Trails Plan (PTP). The PTP identifies, among other things, the trailheads and parking
areas serving the Nature Preserve. Since the Nature Preserve was formed, the City
over the years began to observe an uptick in visitors resulting in health and safety and
quality of life related impacts to surrounding residences associated with vehicle and
parking congestion; and
WHEREAS, on or around 2010, residents adjacent to the Portuguese Bend
Reserve, a subarea of the Nature Preserve, began expressing concerns to the City
Council regarding adverse impacts associated with the volume of vehicles in their
neighborhood. The concerns varied between illegal parking and stopping, unlawful
turning movements, excessive vehicle speeds, and line-of-sight impacts to name a few.
These concerns were expressed by residents in the Del Cerro, Rancho Crest, Burrell
Lane/Park Place and Island View homeowners' associations (HOA); and
WHEREAS, on June 16, 2015, the City Council received an update on Del Cerro
Park Parking Capacity which supported the 2014 City Council Goal Nos. 2 and 3'for
Infrastructure, Citizen involvement and Public Outreach, wherein a neighborhood permit
parking program for Del Cerro, Rancho Crest and Island View HOA's was discussed.
After considering information presented at the meeting, including public testimony, the
City Council directed staff to proceed with striping modifications along Crenshaw
Boulevard south of Crest Road, including red curbing the east side of the roadway, after
establishing a neighborhood permit parking program in the Del Cerro, Rancho Crest
and Island View neighborhoods.
WHEREAS, on July 31, 2018, the City Council received and filed an update of
the current parking and access conditions used for the Nature Preserve. After
considering information presented at the meeting, including public testimony, City
Council directed staff to mitigate unpermitted after-hour visitors in the Portuguese
Bend Reserve area by installing a gate at the Burma Road and Rattlesnake
Trailheads, and to continue to explore alternatives to redirect vehicle traffic to more
suitable areas of the Nature Preserve; and
WHEREAS, on January 15, 2019 the City Council received and filed an update
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on a Preserve Permit Reservation System which included information on parking in
the Del Cerro Park/ Portuguese Bend Reserve area; and
WHEREAS, on August 18, 2020, City Council in an effort to enhance the
public's safety on the roadway and minimize conflicts among drivers, directed staff to
implement a temporary parking and stopping prohibition along Crenshaw Blvd. south
of Crest Road up to the Burma Road Trailhead gate for 60 days, unless extended by
the City Council; and
WHEREAS, on September 1, 2020, City Council, in effort to relieve traffic and
congestion issues in the area, enacted a resolution modifying the August 18, 2020
direction, to temporarily restrict parking along an approximately 390 foot section of the
south side of Crenshaw Blvd. from approximately Rattlesnake Trailhead to Park Place
from an effective date of September 4, 2002 until November 5, 2020, unless extended
by the City Council and also created a temporary drop-off zone near Rattlesnake gate;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council may, by resolution, prohibit or otherwise restrict the
stopping, parking, or standing of vehicles on certain streets or highways, or portions
thereof, during all or certain hours of the day. Cal. Vehicle Code § 22507(a). Such "no
parking" restrictions can be applied to "any type of vehicle." People v. Garth (1991) 234
Cal.App.3d 1797, 1800. Signs or markings giving adequate notice are required. Homes
on Wheels v. City of Santa Barbara (2004) 119 Cal.App.4th 1173, 1179.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated
herein as the findings of the City Council and the factual and legal predicate for the
actions taken hereinafter.
Section 2. Pursuant to Vehicle Code § 22507(a) for a period of sixty (60)
days following the adoption of this resolution, the existing temporary drop-off zone
near Rattlesnake gate shall be extended, and parking shall be prohibited along an
approximately 390 foot section of the south side of Crenshaw Blvd. from
approximately Rattlesnake Trailhead to Park Place, unless extended by the City
Council, located with the geographic boundaries of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
Section 3. City staff are hereby directed to post signs and/or other paintings
or makings, consistent with the requirements of law that shall give notice that stopping,
parking, or standing of vehicles within the temporary no parking area noted above
shall be, and hereby is, prohibited.
Section 4. The temporary parking prohibition shall be effective on the date of
adoption of this resolution for a period of 60 days unless extended by the City Council.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on this 20th day of October 2020.
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Mayor
Attest:
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City Cl4rk
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I, Emily Colborn, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the
above Resolution No,. 2020-59 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on October 20, 2020.
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Emily Colborn, City Clerk
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