City of Culver City, California
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council Adopt a Resolution establishing a Preferential
Parking District (Linwood Howe Residential Parking District) encompassing the area
of Van Buren Place from La Ballona Creek to A Street; Irving Place from Lucerne
Avenue to A Street, La Fayette Place from Lucerne Avenue to Culver Drive;
Duquesne Avenue from La Ballona Creek to Culver Boulevard; Braddock Drive from
Duquesne Avenue to Irving Place; Farragut Drive from La Fayette Place to Van
Buren Place; Ince Boulevard from La Ballona Creek to Washington Boulevard; and
Lucerne Avenue from Duquesne Avenue to Ince Boulevard, only adjacent to
residential-zoned lots, from Friday 6:00 p.m., to Sunday, 12:00 a.m. and 1-hour time
limited parking, permit exempted, from Sunday 12 a.m. to Friday, 6 p.m., and
Rescinding Resolution No. 2007-R011.
Meeting Date: 11/17/08 Item Number: A-2
AGENDA ITEM: Adoption of a Resolution Establishing a Preferential Parking District
(Linwood Howe Residential Parking District ) Encompassing the Area of Van Buren Place
from La Ballona Creek to A Street; Irving Place from Lucerne Avenue to A Street, La
Fayette Place from Lucerne Avenue to Culver Boulevard; Duquesne Avenue from La
Ballona Creek to Culver Boulevard; Braddock Drive from Duquesne Avenue to Irving
Place; Farragut Drive from La Fayette Place to Van Buren Place; Ince Boulevard from
La Ballona Creek to Washington Boulevard; and Lucerne Avenue from Duquesne
Avenue to Ince Boulevard, Only Adjacent to Residential-zoned Lots, with no Parking
Except with Permit from Friday, 6 PM to Sunday, 12 AM, and 1 Hour Time-limited
Parking, Permit Exempted., from Sunday 12:00 a.m. to Friday 6:00 p.m., and Rescinding
Resolution No. 2007-R011.
Contact Person/Dept.: Gabe Garcia/PW Phone Number: (310) 253-5633
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Public Notification: Master E-Mail Notification List (11/12/08); All residents, property
owners, and businesses in the subject areas, the Downtown Business Association, and
Chamber of Commerce, via postcard (11/10/08).
Department Approval:
Charles D. Herbertson (11/06/08)
City Attorney Approval:
Carol Schwab (by H. Baker) (11/12/08)
Chief Financial Officer Approval:
Jeff Muir (by N. Kimball) (11/12/08)
City Manager Approval:
Jerry B. Fulwood (11/12/08) City of Culver City, California
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BACKGROUND:
In 2003, the City Council adopted permit parking for Van Buren Place, south of Town
Plaza, on weekends, from Friday, 6:00 p.m. to Sunday 12:00 a.m Recently new
restaurants have opened for business in the downtown area, and it has been
reported by residents that more employees and patrons are parking in the residential
areas to the south of Town Plaza during the weekdays.
NOTE: Residential frontages only.
PROPOSED
LINWOOD HOWE
RESIDENTIAL
PARKING City of Culver City, California
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Two petitions requesting permit parking have been received from two blocks in this
area. The petitioners state there has been additional non-resident parking on their
streets which is impacting their quality of life.
DISCUSSION:
The Rules and Procedures for Preferential Parking Districts, include the following:
“The primary purpose of a preferential parking district shall be to limit
excessive intrusion of non-residential parking into residential
neighborhoods, where such parking practices have negatively impacted
the residential area. In addition, to support the primary purpose of the
preferential parking zone, restrictions may be implemented that help to
enhance the quality of life in residential neighborhoods by reducing noise,
traffic hazards and litter; and to encourage carpooling and use of transit.”
In order to address the concerns expressed by residents to the City Council at public
meetings and to staff as well, a parking district is proposed in the residential
neighborhood to the south of Downtown.
Existing Parking Restrictions
To create the Linwood Howe Parking District, uniformity of parking restrictions will
need to be established among the streets with existing permit parking. The map on
page two of this report identifies these existing segments in red. The table below
indicates the various restrictions of these segments.
EXISTING PERMIT PARKING RESTRICTIONS
ON STREET FROM TO PARKING RESTRICTION
Duquesne
Avenue
Lucerne
Avenue
La Ballona Creek _1__-Hr. Parking,
M-Sat 8 am – 6 pm
Farragut
Drive
Irving Place
Van Buren Place
Resident-Only Parking
w/permit
Fri. 6pm – Sunday
midnight
Irving Place Farragut Drive Lucerne Avenue 1 Hr M-S 6am-12am
La Fayette
Place (north
side only)
Braddock
Drive
Residential side
south of Culver
Blvd
_1_-Hr. Parking,
M-Sat 8 am – 6 pm City of Culver City, California
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Van Buren
Place
Residential
side south of
School Street
Residential side
south of Farragut
Drive
Resident-Only Parking
with permit
Fri. 6pm – Sunday
midnight
Proposed Parking Restrictions
The restrictions for the above segments were developed, for the most part, by
independent petitions. With the success of the downtown area, a commonality of
parking concerns has concurrently developed. There appears to be, from staff’s
perspective, two distinct needs for parking restrictions:
1. The need to protect the residential neighborhood from parking intrusion during
the peak periods of the patronage to the downtown area, that is, Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday. To this end, the restrictions on Farragut Drive and on
Van Buren Place, above, are appropriate for the other streets as well, so that
during this period of time, parking is restricted to residents only.
2. The need to protect the residential neighborhood from parking intrusion from
Monday through Friday by employees of the downtown commerce and their
patrons. Concurrently, there is a need to balance this with the needs of the local
commerce. To this end, the restriction of 1-hour parking, permit exempted, from
Sunday 12:00 a.m. to Friday 6:00 p.m., allows for some short-term parking by
non-residents. Parking for stays of longer duration by patrons to the downtown
area can be accommodated by the Watseka, Cardiff, and Ince parking structures.
Activated by Petition
Additional streets (shown in purple on the map) would have permit parking signs
installed only after a duly executed petition has been submitted to the City, as per
the City Council-adopted criteria. A parking survey and study would not be needed,
nor any additional City Council action.
Therefore, if the City Council adopts the resolution to create the Linwood Howe
Preferential Parking District, each block would be required to submit a petition
requesting preferential parking, with a minimum of 75% representation of the
residents on the block if the residents on that block desire preferential parking to be
put in place.
FISCAL ANALYSIS:
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Van Buren Place residents, at Council’s direction, received a fee waiver for parking
permits (resulting in the permits being available free of cost). All other preferential
parking zones pay $16 per calendar year for each permit. Fees received are
deposited to the General Fund. Based on the fee waiver granted by the City
Council, the typical fees for performing the parking studies will not apply. However,
fees associated with new parking signs will be applicable.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Proposed Resolution Establishing the Linwood Howe Preferential Parking
District
MOTIONS:
That the City Council:
Adopt a Resolution establishing a Preferential Parking District (Linwood Howe
Residential Parking District) encompassing the area of Van Buren Place from La
Ballona Creek to A Street; Irving Place from Lucerne Avenue to A Street, La
Fayette Place from Lucerne Avenue to Culver Drive; Duquesne Avenue from La
Ballona Creek to Culver Boulevard; Braddock Drive from Duquesne Avenue to
Irving Place; Farragut Drive from La Fayette Place to Van Buren Place; Ince
Boulevard from La Ballona Creek to Washington Boulevard; and Lucerne Avenue
from Duquesne Avenue to Ince Boulevard, only adjacent to residential-zoned
lots, from Friday 6:00 p.m., to Sunday, 12:00 a.m. and 1 hour time-limited
parking, permit exempted, from Sunday, 12:00 a.m. to Friday, 6:00 p.m., and
rescinding Resolution No. 2007-R011.