CC RES 2021-073 RESOLUTION NO. 2021-73
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING
TEMPORARY PARKING AND STOPPING RESTRICTIONS
ALONG AN APPROXIMATELY 330-FOOT SECTION
(OR APPROXIMATELY SIX PARKING SPACES) OF
THE SOUTH SIDE OF CRENSHAW BLVD. FROM
APPROXIMATELY RATTLESNAKE TRAILHEAD TO
PARK PLACE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2022
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 solutions; and
WHEREAS, this temporary parking and stopping prohibition was extended in
October 20, 2020; December 15, 2020; March 16, 2021; May 18, 2021; September
7, 2021; October 5, 2021, and is set to expire on December 21, 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, on March 16, 2021, as a result of the traffic study, the City Council
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approved permanently restricting parking in three parking spaces within the
temporary parking restricted area to improve line of sight; and
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WHEREAS, in July 2021, the City launched its new online parking reservation
system for Del Cerro Park and the Portuguese Bend Reserve for certain parking
spaces on Crenshaw Blvd. South of Crest Road and on Park Place near the
Rattlesnake and Burma Road Trailheads; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now wishes to extend the temporary parking and
stopping prohibition for six parking spaces on Crenshaw Boulevard.
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 p=opularity 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), the City Council orders that
for a period extending through December 31, 2022 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 six 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; and
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Section 4: City staff are hereby directed to post signs and/or other paintings
or markings, 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 December 31, 2022, unless
extended or lifted by the City Council.
Section 6: That, in accordance with Vehicle Code Section 22507, the
parking restrictions set forth in Section 3(b) 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:
Section 7: That this resolution shall take effect immediately.
Section 8: 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 9: 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 10: 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 reasonably 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 21st day of December, 2021.
David L. Bradley, -yor
Attest:
eres. -kaoka, City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby
certify that the above Resolution No. 2021-73 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on December 21,
2021.
eresa akaoka, City Clerk
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