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Home My WebLink About55C - LOGAN PERMIT PARKING REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: AUGUST 21, 2006 TITLE: APPROVED RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A LOGAN PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT D As Recommended o As Amended o Ordinance on 1 st Reading o Ordinance on 2nd Reading o Implementing Resolution o Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt a resolution establishing a permit parking district for the Logan Neighborhood. DISCUSSION In July 2000, residents of the Logan Neighborhood requested that the City establish a permit parking district to alleviate overflow parking problems. In response to this request, the City Council on August 21, 2000, following the discussion of the permit parking program, directed staff to meet with the residents and business owners to see if there is consensus between the two groups for such a program. Shortly thereafter, several meetings were held with the Logan Neighborhood residents and business owners. Since no consensus was ever reached at these meetings on the establishment of permit parking between the residents and business owners, no further action was pursued by the City. Recently, several residents in the expressed a desire to implement permit Neighborhood, in June 2006, revealed qualify for permit parking. Based on staff is recommending the city Council permit parking. Logan Neighborhood have again parking. A survey of the Logan that some of the blocks would the recent survey, Public Works to reconsider implementation of The proposed Logan Permit Parking District consists of an area of the City bounded on the southwest by Penn Way and Poinsettia Street, on the east by the A. T. & S. F. Railroad and Lincoln Avenue, on the 55C-1 Resolution Establishing a Logan Permit Parking District August 21, 2006 Page 2 northeast by the Santa Ana Freeway, and on the south by Fourth Street (Exhibit 1). Sections of streets that abut non-residential uses and non-qualifying multi-family homes will not be part of the permit parking district. Creation of this district does not imply that permit parking will necessarily be installed on every block. The program will be implemented on a block-by-block basis, when approved by at least 66 percent of the property owners on a given block. Under the proposed parking permit program, parking will be restricted to eligible residents on those sections of streets adjacent to homes wi th less than five dwelling units per parcel. A maximum of three resident parking permits will be issued for single-family homes, and no more than one resident permit per unit will be issued for multi- family dwellings with less than five units per parcel. Guest permits will be issued at the discretion of the Executive Director of the Public Works Agency. The permit parking program will not apply to non-residential uses. Vehicles without permits will be subj ect to either a 24 Hour or Midnight to 6 am parking restriction, as appropriate. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the proposed project is exempt from further review. Categorical Exemption ER No. 00-134 will be filed for this report. FISCAL IMPACT The cost of this permit parking program is estimated to be $1,100 for signs and permits. Funds are available in the Maintenance Division's account Operating Materials and Supplies (account no. 11-623-6391). ~/ / Jam G. Ross / EXE;Ycuti ve Director ~bliC Works Agency APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: '::t~~\'t'-~ ~ )M' ~ ~ ~:: ....... Francisco Gutierrez Executive Director ~ Finance and Mgmt. Services Agency 55C-2 l! ~ LOGAN PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT BOUNDARY LOGAN PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT MAP ~~NC"'~1'IIC"""""'''''''' EXH1 81 T 1 55C-3 bk::8/15/06 RESOLUTION NO. 2006- THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ESTABLISHING THE LOGAN PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby, finds, determines and declares as follows: A. Section 22507 of the Vehicle Code of the State of California authorizes a city to prohibit stopping, parking or standing of vehicles on certain streets and to establish a permit system exempting residents, merchants and guests from the prohibition. B. Pursuant to Article XI (commencing with Section 36-480) of Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, (hereinafter "the Code"), the City Council of the City of Santa Ana is authorized to adopt a resolution establishing Permit Parking Districts wherein parking restrictions apply to all vehicles except vehicles which have been issued parking permits pursuant to said Article. C. The Council finds and determines that due to conflicting land use, the Logan Neighborhood is in need of a Permit Parking District in order to protect neighborhood integrity against excessive on-street parking by non-resident employees of area establishments. D. Section 36-482 of the Code provides an optional procedure by which that parking restrictions imposed pursuant to a resolution establishing a permit parking district shall apply to any block within the permit parking district only after a petition signed by the owners of sixty-six (66) per cent or more of the residential lots abutting such block is filed. In this instance, the City Council has determined to vest the decision to establish permit parking within any block in the Logan Permit Parking District to the Executive Director of the Public Works Agency, who shall treat any such petition as informational to be supplemented by additional study and information as is necessary. Section 2. The Logan Permit Parking District is hereby established, to consist of that area of the City of Santa Ana generally bounded on the southwest by Penn Way and Poinsettia Street, on the south by Fourth Street, on the east by the A.T. & S.F. Railroad and Lincoln Avenue, and on the northeast by the Santa Ana Freeway, as more particularly depicted in "Exhibit 1," attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. 55C-4 Section 3. The parking restrictions imposed pursuant to Article XI of Chapter 36 of the Code and by this Resolution shall apply to any block within the Logan Permit Parking District only after determination is made by the Executive Director of the Public Works Agency, which determination may be formed after receipt of a petition signed by the owners of sixty-six percent (66%) or more of the residential lots abutting such block in accordance with the standards set out in subsections (1) through (3) of section 36-482 of the Code expressing their desire for such parking restrictions, and such other investigation and study is performed as the Executive Director deems necessary or prudent; and only after signs indicating the parking restrictions on such block have been erected in front of the parcels devoted to residential use in accordance with said Article XI. Section 4. No person shall park any vehicle at any time on any portion of any street within the Logan Permit Parking District as to which signs have been erected indicating the application of permit parking restrictions, except persons and vehicles exempted from such parking restrictions pursuant to Article XI and this resolution. Section 5. As indicated by posted signs, permit parking restrictions in the Logan Parking District do not include sections of streets that abut the front of non-residential and multi-family uses with more than four dwelling units. Section 6. Persons entitled to a permit to park in locations subject to permit parking restrictions pursuant to this resolution include and are limited to the following: A. Any person who is licensed to drive a motor vehicle and who resides in a single-family dwelling located in the Logan Permit Parking District, provided that not more than three permits may be issued at anyone time to the residents of anyone such dwelling unit. B. Any person who is licensed to drive a motor vehicle and who resides in a multi-family dwelling located on any lot in the Logan Permit Parking District which does not have more than four dwelling units located on it, provided that not more than one permit may be issued at anyone time to the resident of anyone such dwelling unit; and provided further, that the Executive Director of the Public Works Agency may waive the foregoing limitation on the number of dwelling units on a lot if he/she determines that its application in a particular case would cause extreme hardship on the residents of such dwelling units due to a severe inadequacy of on-site parking. Section 7. The Executive Director of the Public Works Agency is authorized to establish rules for the issuance of guest parking permits to residents of the Logan Permit Parking District and to issue or deny such permits in accordance therewith. Such rules shall be designed to limit guest parking privileges as appropriate to provide sufficient parking for resident parking permit holders. Such rules may be revised from time to time as circumstances require. 55C-5 ADOPTED this day of APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney By: Benjamin Kaufman Chief Assistant City Attorney AYES: Councilmembers: NOES: Councilmembers: ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: ,2006. Miguel A. Pulido Mayor CERTIFICATION OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. 2006- to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on Date: Clerk of Council City of Santa Ana 55C-6 Pl.B.C ...S AGEJCT !! ~ L--J L.....a..J '--...J . ! I 8TH j '0:: st. 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