ITEM 8-D
City Council Meeting 9-11-90 Santa Monica, California
STAFF REPORT
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Attorney
SUBJECT: Ordinance Adding Section 3238s to the Santa
Monica Municipal Code To Establish Preferential
Parking Zone S
At its meeting on January 23, 1990, the City Council
directed the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance establishing a
preferential parking zone on 16th and 17th Streets between
Montana Avenue and Alta Avenue. In response to this direction,
the accompanying ordinance has been prepared and is presented to
the City Council for its consideration.
The accompanying ordinance adds Section 3238s to the Santa
Monica Municipal Code establishing Preferential Parking Zone S on
16th and 17th Streets between Montana Avenue and Alta Avenue.
Parking in Zone S will be prohibited for longer than one hour
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., Monday through
Saturday, except by permit. All other provisions applicable to
preferential parking zones would apply.
During the Council's deliberation on this matter, it was
requested that staff examine 1-hour vs. 2-hour preferential
parking restrictions, and also the availability of private
off-street spaces. Staff retained the traffic and parking
consulting firm of CALTAP to conduct this study.
Briefly, the study disclosed that during the peak parking
period between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm a 1-hour parking restriction
will result in the displacement of a few vehicles without
alternate parking available. However, a 2-hour restriction will
accommodate the parking demands in the area.
The study also found a total of 356 private off-street
occupancy and determined an average occupancy of about 75%, or
about a 25% availability rate.
Therefore, although a minor shortage of parking will result
by the implementation of a 1-hour parking restriction, staff
still recommends that the zone be adopted as recommended.
An initial study was prepared in accordance with the
provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act. Based
upon this initial study, a negative declaration has been
prepared. Both documents are attached to this Staff Report as
Exhibit A. Notice of preparation of the negative declaration was
given in the manner required by law.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that:
1. The negative declaration be approved.
2. The accompanying ordinance be introduced for first
reading.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, City Attorney
ORDINANCE NUMBER ____
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 3238S
TO THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE TO
ESTABLISH PREFERENTIAL PARKING ZONE S
WHEREAS, the Parking and Traffic Engineer has received a
petition requesting establishment of a preferential parking zone
on 16th and 17th Streets between Montana Avenue and Alta Avenue;
and
WHEREAS, the petition has been verified to be signed by
residents living in two-thirds of the dwelling units comprising
not less than fifty percent (50%) of the developed frontage of
the proposed preferential parking zone; and
WHEREAS, the Parking and Traffic Engineer has undertaken
such studies and surveys deemed necessary to determine whether a
preferential parking zone should be designated in the area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is satisfied that the proposed
area meets the designation criteria set forth in Municipal Code
Section 3232A,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 3238s is added to the Santa Monica
Municipal Code to read as follows:
Section 3238s. Preferential Parking
Zone S.
(a) The following named and
described area within the City shall
constitute Preferential Parking Zone S:
16th and 17th Streets between Montana
Avenue and Alta Avenue.
(b) No vehicle shall be parked or
stopped adjacent to any curb in
Preferential Parking Zone S for more than
one hour between the hours of 9:00 a.m.
and 9:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday,
without a permit issued and displayed in
accordance with this Chapter.
(c) Any vehicle parked or stopped
without a permit when required by this
Section may be removed from the street by
any police officer.
(d) The annual fee for each permit
issued for Preferential Parking Zone S
shall be $15.00 per permit, or such other
fee as may be established from time to
time by resolution of the City Council.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of
this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no
further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to affect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether
any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney