CC RES 2020-073 RESOLUTION NO. 2020-73
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
90 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;
and
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 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, on October 20, 2020, the City Council extended the parking
prohibition enacted on September 1, 2020, an additional 60 days until December
19, 2020 unless further extended by the City Council and expanded the temporary
drop-off zone near Rattlesnake gate to approximately two car lengths; 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 ninety (90)
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.
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Section 4. The temporary parking prohibition shall be effective on the date
of adoption of this resolution for a period of 90 days unless extended by the City
111 Council.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on this 15th day of December 2020.
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Mayor
Attest:
ity 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. 2020-73 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on December
15, 2020.
CitiA
J0,2494-3
erk
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