CC RES 2021-011 IIIRESOLUTION NO. 2021-11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING
THE TEMPORARY PARKING AND STOPPING
RESTRICTIONS ON PORTIONS OF CRENSHAW
BOULEVARD NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE
PORTUGUESE BEND RESERVE
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes ("City") is a general law City
located in the County of Los Angeles, State of California; and
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 22507(a) provides that local
authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the stopping, parking,
or standing of vehicles on certain streets or highways, or portions thereof, during all
or certain hours of the day, and that, with the exception of alleys, the ordinance or
resolution shall not apply until signs or markings giving adequate notice thereof have
been placed; and
WHEREAS, on or around 2010, residents adjacent to the Palos Verdes 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; 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, this temporary parking and stopping prohibition was put in place
to allow the City to study the parking problems associated with this area of Crenshaw
Blvd. and develop permanent solution; and
WHEREAS, this temporary parking and stopping prohibition was extended in
both October and December of 2020, and is set to expire on March 15, 2021; and
WHEREAS, to assist with studying the parking issues in this area, the City
contracted with Willdan, a civil engineering firm, to provide a traffic study of the portion
of Crenshaw Blvd. south of Crest Road; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends, based on the traffic study, permanently
restricting three of the nine parking spaces under temporary restriction to improve
line of sight,
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WHEREAS, the City Council now wishes to extend the temporary parking and
stopping prohibition for six of the nine original parking spaces.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: That the foregoing recitals are true and correct, and are
incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2: That the City Council hereby adopts the following findings:
A. The City and its residents have recently experienced significant
congestion and other public health, safety, and welfare issues related to the high
volume of people seeking to access the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve ("Preserve").
B. Due to the Preserve's popularity, the portion of Crenshaw Boulevard
near the Preserve often becomes impacted with vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians
seeking to enjoy the facilities. Parking is limited and when full, drivers must turn
around to find parking elsewhere.
C. The popularity of the Preserve and the associated parking problems
have resulted in congestion, which may increase the risk of vehicular and pedestrian
accidents due to obstructed visibility, trespassing, and other criminal activities and
noise and other public nuisance impacts in the residential neighborhoods the
entrance to the Preserve, to the detriment of the residents' health, safety, and welfare.
D. The parking and stopping prohibitions described here are designed to
lessen congestion on Crenshaw Blvd., nearby streets, and the area around the
Preserve.
Section 3: Pursuant to Vehicle Code § 22507(a), for a period extending
through May 31st, 2021 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 330-foot section (or approximately three
parking spaces) of the south side of Crenshaw Blvd. from approximately Rattlesnake
Trailhead to Park Place located with the geographic boundaries of the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes.
Section 4: 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 5: The temporary parking prohibition shall be effective on the date of
adoption of this resolution for a period extending through May 31st, 2021 unless
extended by the City Council.
Section 6: That this resolution shall take effect immediately.
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Section 7: That if any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of this resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional
by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remainder of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have adopted this resolution, and each and every section, subsection, subdivision,
sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be
declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 8: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage, approval, and
adoption of this resolution, and shall cause this resolution and its certification to be
entered in the Book of Resolutions of the City Council of the City.
Section 9: That the adoption of this resolution does not constitute a "project"
within the meaning of Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) Guidelines, as the parking restrictions do not have the potential for resulting
in either a direct physical change to the environment, or a reasonable foreseeable
indirect physical change in the environment. Therefore, this resolution is not subject
to CEQA.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on this 16th day of March, 2021.
Eric Alegria, Mayor\
Attest:
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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. 2021-11 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on March 16, 2021.
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