CC RES 2021-010 RESOLUTION NO. 2021-10
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, PROHIBITING
PARKING AND STOPPING ON PORTIONS OF
CRENSHAW BOULEVARD SOUTH OF CREST ROAD
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 Engineering, a civil engineering firm, to provide a traffic study
of the portion of Crenshaw Blvd. south of Crest Road; and
WHEREAS, the traffic study recommends removing a portion of the temporary
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the temporary parking and stopping prohibition on Crenshaw Blvd. permanent; and
imposing a permanent parking and stopping prohibition on Crenshaw Blvd. north of
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Valley View, south of St John Fisher Church Driveway, and north of St John Fisher
Church Driveway, as further detailed below; and
WHEREAS, the temporary parking and stopping prohibition on Crenshaw Blvd.
will expire on March 15, 2021, and no further action is necessary remove that
prohibition; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now wishes to impose a permanent parking and
stopping prohibition at the locations described herein.
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 BoulevardII
south of Crest Road near the Rattlesnake and Burma Road trailheads often become
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 in this area 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
Rattlesnake and Burma Road trailheads.
Section 3: That, based on the findings set forth in Section 2, and in order to
protect and promote public health, safety and welfare, the City Council hereby
prohibits parking and stopping at any time at the locations listed below, as more
accurately described in Attachment A.
• On Crenshaw Blvd. for a distance of 155 feet north from the center of
Park Place;
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• On Crenshaw Blvd. for a distance of 105 feet north from the center of
Valley View Rd.;
• On Crenshaw Blvd. for a distance of 115 feet south of the St. John Fisher
Church's driveway; and
• On Crenshaw Blvd. for a distance of 105 feet north of the St. John Fisher
Church's driveway.
Section 4: That, in accordance with Vehicle Code Section 22507, the
parking restrictions set forth in Section 2 shall not apply or be enforced until signs or
markings giving adequate notice of the restrictions have been placed. The City
Manager, or his or her designee, as soon as practicable after_ adoption of this
resolution, shall cause the placement of signs along the subject portions of Crenshaw
Boulevard. The number and location of the signs or markings shall be as deemed
necessary by the City Manager to give adequate notice of the restrictions. The signs
shall read substantially as follows:
NO PARKING OR STOPPING AT ANY TIME. VEHICLES
IN VIOLATION ARE SUBJECT TO BEING CITED AND
TOWED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. LOMITA SHERIFF'S
STATION 310-539-1661. [Referencing this resolution by
number].
Section 5: That this resolution shall take effect immediately.
Section 6: 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 7: 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 8: 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.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on this 16th day of March, 2021.
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Eric Alegria, ! yor
Attest:
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Emit - olborn, City-Cler
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. 2021-10 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on March 16, 2021.
iizvaQ-444eatIke, Deptvi.2
mily Colborn, City Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-10
Attachment A
Description of Parking Prohibition Locations
1. The three parking spaces on Crenshaw Blvd. closest to Park Place (the parking
and stopping prohibition area marked in red):
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Attachment A
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2. A 44 (forty four) foot portion of Crenshaw Blvd. north of Valley View (the parking
and stopping prohibition area marked in red):
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Attachment A
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3. A 100 (one hundred) foot portion of Crenshaw Blvd. south of St John Fisher
Church Driveway (the parking and stopping prohibition area marked in red):
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Attachment A
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4. An 80 (eighty) foot portion of Crenshaw Blvd. north of St John Fisher Church
Driveway (the parking and stopping prohibition area marked in red):