CC SR 20210302 H - Ordinance 642 Preserve Parking
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 03/02/2021
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Consent Calendar
AGENDA TITLE:
Consideration and possible action to adopt Ordinance No. 642 establishing
metered parking zones and associated regulations within the City.
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) Adopt Ordinance No. 642, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES ADDING CHAPTER 10.40 (PARKING METERS) TO TITLE 10
(VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, TO ESTABLISH
METERED PARKING ZONES AND ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS WITHIN
THE CITY.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
Amount Budgeted: NA
Additional Appropriation: NA
Account Number(s): NA
ORIGINATED BY: Matt Waters, Senior Administrative Analyst
Katie Lozano, Senior Administrative Analyst
REVIEWED BY: Cory Linder, Director of Recreation and Parks
APPROVED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, City Manager
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
A. Ordinance No. 642 establishing Crenshaw Boulevard Parking Program
and fees (page A-1)
B. Link to February 16, 2021 Staff Report
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
On February 16, 2021, Ordinance No. 642 (Attachment A) was introduced by the City
Council to establish metered parking zones and associated regulations along Crenshaw
Boulevard and Park Place. This evening, the ordinance is presented for second reading
and adoption. If adopted, the ordinance will go into effect on April 2, 2021.
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ALTERNATIVES:
In addition to the Staff recommendation, the following alternative action is available for
the City Council’s consideration:
1. Direct Staff to revise Ordinance No. 642 for re-introduction at a future City
Council meeting.
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ORDINANCE NO. 642
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
ADDING CHAPTER 10.40 (PARKING METERS) TO TITLE 10
(VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, TO
ESTABLISH METERED PARKING ZONES AND
ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS WITHIN THE CITY
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes (“City”), pursuant to Vehicle Code
Section 22508, has the authority to establish metered parking zones within the city and to
regulate the fees, hours, and use of metered parking; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that in the past decade, the internet and social media
have popularized hiking trails in the City, leading to a significant uptick in visitors to the
Palos Verdes Nature Preserve. The Portuguese Bend Reserve is the City’s most popular
nature reserve and is often considered the front door to the 1,400 -acre Preserve; and
WHEREAS, the Cityl finds that approximately 658 people visit the Reserve daily,
resulting in vehicular traffic and noise impacts on surrounding neighborhoods, especially
on weekends and holidays; and
WHEREAS, the City finds the area that is the most impacted is the stretch of
Crenshaw Boulevard south of Crest Road. For approximately eight years, the City has
worked with surrounding residents to implement solutions, but despite these efforts,
adverse impacts persist; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that metered parking along this stretch of road would
ensure that parking spaces are used for a more controlled period of time, and help the
City control the flow of people into the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve; and
WHEREAS, the City now wishes to establish a metered parking zone within the
City, along with accompanying rules and regulations for the use of the same.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The facts set forth in the Recitals in this Ordinance are true and
correct, and incorporated by reference.
Section 2. Chapter 10.40 (Parking Meters) of Title 10 (Vehicles and Traffic) of
the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows:
“Chapter 10.40 – PARKING METERS.
Section 10.40.010 – Parking meter zones.
A. Parking meter zone boundaries are established as follows:
1. That portion of Crenshaw Boulevard south of Crest Road and
north of Park Place.
2. All of Park Place.
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B. Within the parking meter zone, the City shall clearly designate
parking spaces subject to the parking meter zone. Lines or marks shall be
placed on the curbs or on the pavement or surface of parking meter zones
at or alongside each parking space.
Section 10.40.020 – Fees.
A. The parking fees for parking in a designated parking space within the
parking meter zones shall be $10 for a block of time of up to three hours.
B. No fee shall be charged for the block of time between 7:00 a.m. and
9:00 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of each
week.
C. Parking reservations made which encompass only a portion of a
block of time based on the time that sunset occurs will be pro-rated.
Section 10.40.030 - Hours.
A. Paid and reservation-based parking covered by this chapter shall be
effective only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and one hour following sunset.
Section 10.40.040 – Payment and Reservation Required.
A. Prior to any vehicle parking in any space designated as a parking
meter space, a reservation is required, and payment (with the exception of
Park Place and the Recreational Residential parking area) of the applicable
fee are required.
Section 10.40.060 – Parking requirements.
A. Vehicles shall only be parked completely within the marked parking
spaces.
B. Vehicles shall not be parked for periods longer than paid for.
C. Metered parking spaces shall not be used for the purpose of
standing, storing or parking any object or thing other than a passenger
vehicle, without first obtaining written permission from the city manager.
D. The City Council may establish additional rules and regulations for
the operation and enforcement of metered parking, except that changes to
the location of a meter parking zone or the fees for a meter parking zone
may only be changed through ordinance.
Section 10.40.070 – Violation.
A. Violation of this chapter shall constitute a parking violation and shall
be punishable as provided in Chapter 10.20 of this Code with a fine of $110
(one hundred ten dollars).”
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or its application to any person or
circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent
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jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of the remaining sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or
phrases of this ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City
declares that it would have adopted each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause, phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof be declared
invalid or unenforceable.
Section 4. Certification and Posting. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance
to be posted in three (3) public places in the City within fifteen (15) days after its passage,
in accordance with the provisions of Section 36933 of the Government Code. The City
Clerk shall further certify to the adoption and posting of this Ordinance, and shall cause
this Ordinance and its certification, together with proof of posting, to be entered in the
Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force no earlier than
12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this ___ day of ________________ 2021.
Eric Alegria, Mayor
ATTEST:
Emily Colborn, 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, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Ordinance No. ___ was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a
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regular meeting thereof held on _______________, 2021, and that the same was passed
and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Emily Colborn, City Clerk
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