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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/pw <br />Item # 24 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />November 2, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Ordinance Amending Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Ordinance Amending Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code for Placement of <br />Parking Meters Next to Class IV Bikeways <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Approve first reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code to allow motorists parked along Class IV bikeways to pay the parking meter located <br />on the sidewalk. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Currently, SAMC 36-400 & 36-401 requires all parking meters be placed upon the curb <br />alongside of and next to the parking spaces. However, Class IV (protected) bikeways <br />have a raised median separating the parking space and the bikeway from the sidewalk. <br />According to the existing SAMC sections 36-400 and 36-401, the parking meters would <br />need to be placed on the median island separating the parking space from the bikeway. <br />However, the raised median for the Class IV bikeways is very narrow and does not <br />provide sufficient room for someone to stand on it to pay the meter. This recommended <br />code change will allow parking meters placed on the sidewalk curb to be effective for the <br />parking spaces adjacent to the raised bikeway median. For safety reasons and <br />enforcement, the best place to install the parking meters is on the sidewalk. Staff <br />recommends adopting the ordinance for the placement of parking meters along Class IV <br />bikeways (Exhibit 1). <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />There is no environmental impact associated with the action. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. <br />EXHIBIT(S) <br />1. Ordinance