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RESOLUTIO�Y NOo2�4524
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 81-4488 AND ALL PRIOR RESOL-
UTIONS ESTABLISHING PERMIT PARKING IN CERTAIN DESIGNATED AREAS:
ESTABLISHING AN UPDATED PERMIT PARKING SYSTEM: PROVIDING THE FEE
FOR PERMITS: AND DIRECTING THE MANNER OF IDENTIFICATION OF PARKING
SPACES FOR WHICH SAID PERMITS SHALL APPLY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. This resolution is adopted pursuant to the
provisions of Section 19-100 of Chapter 19, "Motor Vehicles and
Traffic," of the Hermosa Beach City Code and Section 22507 of
the Vehicle Code of the State of California.
follows:
SECTION 2. The City Council finds and determines as
(a) Parking on residential streets west of Loma Drive
is subject to heavy use and demand from non-resident recreational
commuters;
(b) The area west of Loma Drive already provides only
marginally adequate on -street parking for residents;
(c) There exists a City-wide impact on residential
parking from recreational commuters which has not yet been
specifically identified;
(d) Based on the City's experience and that of other
cities such as San Francisco, it is reasonable to anticipate that
the establishment of the Impacted Parking Area proposed in this
resolution will,have the effect of causing increased recreational
commuter parking in areas east of Loma Drive;
(e) The large number of recreational commuters have
a detrimental effect on the health, safety and general welfare
of the City by:
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1) Increasing non-resident traffic volume and parking
demand;
2) Creating unreasonable burdens on residents in
gaining access to their dwellings;
3) Exacerbating noise and air pollution and creating
new trash and litter problems;
4) Causing greater risk of traffic accidents;
5) Increasing risk of criminal activity;
6) Creating a risk of depressing property values;
7) Threatening generally to overwhelm the City's
capacity to maintain and protect the residential
character of its neighborhoods.
f) The Impacted Parking Area and Permit System proposed
in this resolution are designed to alleviate the problems cited
here which arise from the ever increasing numbers of recreational
commuters in residential neighborhoods.
g) This resolution is consistent with the terms of
California Coastal Commission Permit No. 5-82-251.
SECTION 3.
(a) Boundaries - On the West from Strand to Loma/
Morningside Drive on the East to the City boundaries on the North
and South.
SECTION 4. Resident parking permits shall be available
to:
(a) Any resident of the City in a legally established
dwelling unit, and one guest parking permit may be issued for
each legally established dwelling unit in the Impacted Area.
Proof of resident and valid vehicle registration at that address
shall be required.
(b) Commercial Enterprises:
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1) Affixed Residential Parking Permits may be issued
to bona fide employees of businesses within the
Impacted Area.
2) Adequate proof of employment satisfactory to the
General Services Director must be submitted for
each such employee.
3) For the purpose of this section, independent,
contractors working at a fixed place of business
in the Impacted Parking Area shall be deemed
employees.
4) Each owner of rental units or of a business in the
Impacted Parking Area may be issued one affixed
Residential Parking Permit.
(c) Contractors - Building contractors, maintenance
companies and delivery companies may be issued one Residential
Parking Permit per vehicle.
(d) Company Vehicles - Residents seeking residential
permits who are permanently assigned company vehicles shall
provide the General Services Office proof of the vehicle assign-
ment by furnishing a letter to that effect signed by an officer
of the company on company letterhead.
(e) Leased Vehicles - Residents who operate leased
vehicles and wish residential permits shall provide the General
Services Office a copy of the leasing agreement and the agreement
should be in the same name as the applicant.
(f) Dual Residences - Persons who maintain more than
one household and have their vehicles registered town address
other than Hermosa Beach, may be issued residential permits upon
the furnishing to the General Services an affidavit that states
that the Hermosa Beach residence is a second residence and that
it is only occupied by the applicants, that it is not separately
rented or leased, and that it is understood that no additional
permits will be issued for that unit.
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(g) Public Schools - Each teacher working at a public
school in the Impacted Parking Area shall be issued a Residential
Parking Permit upon certification of employment by the Hermosa
Beach Superintendent of Schools.
(h) Issuance of permits allowed by this section shall
be upon the condition that there are no outstanding parking
citations.
SECTION 5. Each resident permit and resident guest
permit shall be valid from the first day of March to the 28th
day of February of each year.
SECTION 6. Pursuant to the provisions of this resolu-
tion, meter posts painted or maintained with yellow color code
and residential parking spaces posted one -hour parking will allow
resident permit parking daily, except that these permits are
invalid during the hours posted for street sweeping operations,
not to exceed 72 hours at one location, or a day permit which
allows all -day parking and is valid only on the day of use, ex-
cept during the hours posted for street sweeping operations.
SECTION 7. It is hereby designated that in those
metered areas where the City Engineer has caused the parking
meter post adjacent to each parking space to be painted yellow
and in those areas posted one -hour parking between Beach Drive
on the West, Loma/Morningside on the East, and the City boundaries
on the North and South, exclusive of any commercially zoned
frontage, a vehicle may occupy said restricted parking space
providing said vehicle has affixed thereon in the lower right
hand corner of the windshield of the vehicle a valid resident
parking permit, or has hanging from the front rear-view mirror
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located on the inside of the vehicle a valid resident guest
parking permit, or has a day permit which allows all -day parking
and is valid only on the day of use between the hours of 8 a.m.
to 5 P.M.
SECTION 8. Fees for Issuance of Resident Permits and
Resident Guest Permits:
(a) Attached resident parking permit to
resident's address: $10.00
(b) One non-attached guest parking permit
per address may be purchased by any
person showing proof of residence in
the Impacted Parking Area: $10.00
(Such permit may be transferred to any
motor vehicle providing it shall not
be permanently attached but shall be
noticeably hanging from the front rear-
view mirror located on the inside of
the vehicle.)
(c) Attached resident permits may be issued
as specified in Section 3 above, for
a fee of: $10.00
(d) Day Permits: $ 2.00
The amount of these fees shall be reduced by one-half
on the first day of September of each year.
Where a person to whom a valid permit has been issued
can furnish proof satisfactory to the General Services Department
that said permit has been destroyed (portion of Parking Permit
or portion of windshield to which permit has been attached), or
stolen, the Department may issue a duplicate permit upon payment
of a replacement fee of $3.00 to cover clerical cost. It is
understood that the permits reported stolen will be immediately
confiscated by the City if found on any vehicle and that stolen
permits are thereafter completely void. Vehicles with stolen
permits shall be subject to immediate ticketing and towing.
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1 SECTION 9. It shall be the sole responsibility of the
2 owner, operator, manager, or driver of a vehicle for which a
3 valid parking permit has been issued to become familiar with the
4 provisions for and the limitations on the use of the parking
5 permit and ignorance of these provisions and limitations shall
6 not be claimed as defense in any action brought for illegal use
7 of the permit.
8 SECTION 10. In the Impacted Parking Area, that area
9 posted "One -Hour Parking", parking on -street shall be restricted
10 to one -hour parking from 8:00 a.m, to 5:00 p.m., every day during
11 summer months, which is defined, for the purpose of this Section,
12 as May 15th through September 15th.
13 In the Impacted Parking Area, where posted, there shall
14 be no parking on -street except with resident or resident guest
15 parking sticker from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
16 SECTION 11. The City Engineer is authorized to erect
17 such street signs as are necessary to properly notify the general
18 public of the restrictions on parking in the Impacted Parking
19 Area. Violations of the provisions of this resolution are sub-
20 ject to immediate ticketing and towing when authorized signs are
21 in place in the Impacted.Parking Area.
22 SECTION 12. All resolutions on the subject of parking
23 which are inconsistent with this Resolution are hereby repealed
24 to the extent of the inconsistency.
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SECTION 13. The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this Resolution and shall make a minute
entry in the records of the proceedings of the City Council in
the minutes of the meeting at which this resolution is passed
and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 25th
day of y , 198/ 2
rxCJ1u�N'1' or the city Council and
MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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