To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: ANDREW WINJE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
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DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY'S PREFERENTIAL PARKING PERMIT ORDINANCE
REVIEW AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE TO 1) ALLOW SEASONAL AND EVENT BASED PARKING PERMITS, 2) ADDRESS OUTDATED LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE, AND 3) IMPROVE THE USEFULNESS AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THE CITY'S PREFERENTIAL PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Following a recommendation by the Public Works & Sustainability Commission (PWSC), staff is presenting an item to allow the City Council to consider reforming the City's Preferential Parking Permit Program (Program). The recommendations are aimed at improving the program by adding short-term and seasonal permit options to increase the flexibility of the City's Preferential Parking Zones (PPZ) based on enforcement needs and resident feedback, and to streamline administration of the program by implementing advanced program management tools.
To accomplish this, staff recommends adding language to the Program to allow temporary, and event-based, permits to allow short-term parking within the PPZs, where appropriate. Staff also recommends removing prescriptive analytical methodology from the Redondo Beach Municipal Code (RBMC), which limits how PPZs can be deployed. If Council elects to administer the program through internal policies, instead of prescribed RBMC procedures, requests for PPZs could be considered in a more nuanced fashion, similar to the evaluation process used to process requests for new stop signs or speed cushions.
Staff also recommends redefining how the PPZ's are geographically defined, how particular blocks are added to the program, and how permits are distributed to improve program effectiveness, enforcement efficiency, and fraud prevention.
Staff's recommendations for improvements are based on a comparative analysis of the City's exiting Program with similar programs in regional...
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