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CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
RESOLUTION NO. RES-26-7531
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AND RESTATING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
CITY’S RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM AND RELATED
REGULATIONS, AND FINDING THE SAME EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
WHEREAS, the City of Hermosa Beach (“City”) has established and
maintained a preferential residential parking permit program and related
regulations (“Parking Program”) on certain streets in the City pursuant to California
Vehicle Code section 22507 for decades;
WHEREAS, the City Council approved the Revised November 2019 Coastal
Zone Parking Management Study which included recommendations to improve
parking management strategies for the City, and noted that more residential
parking permits are issued for those in the impacted coastal parking area than
total number of available spaces in that same area;
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted numerous resolutions over the years (to
include Resolution No. 23-7357 dated February 28, 2023; Resolution No. 24-7411
dated January 23, 2024; and Resolution No. 25-7502 dated January 28, 2025)
which amended the Parking Program;
WHEREAS, the Parking Program applies to the impacted area bound by the
North and South City boundaries; the Strand on the west; Loma Drive, Park
Avenue, or Morningside Drive on the east; and the West side of Cypress Avenue
between 11th Street and Pier Avenue; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to memorialize all Parking Program
revisions in a single resolution for ease of reference and clarity with the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The recitals above are true and correct, and are
hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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SECTION 2. Repeal of Prior Resolutions. This Resolution repeals and
supersedes all previous resolutions related to the Parking Program.
SECTION 3. Adoption and Restatement of Requirements. The City Council
hereby adopts and restates the Parking Program requirements set forth in Exhibit
A (attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference).
SECTION 4. California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). The City
Council finds that this Resolution is not subject to CEQA pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines section 15061 (b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there
is no possibility that the activity contemplated by this Resolution may have a
significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 5. Severability. If any section or provision of this Resolution is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, or contravened by reason of any preemptive legislation, the remaining
sections and/or provisions of this Resolution shall remain valid. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this Resolution, and each section or
provision thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more section(s) or
provision(s) may be declared invalid or unconstitutional or contravened via
legislation.
SECTION 6. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Resolution; cause the same to be entered among the original
resolutions of the City; and make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof
in the records of the proceedings of the City Council in the minutes of the meeting
at which time same is passed and adopted.
SECTION 7. Effective Date. This Resolution is effective immediately upon
adoption.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on this 13th day of January 2026.
______________________________________________________________________________
Mayor Rob Saemann
PRESIDENT of the City Council and MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, CA
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_______________________________ ________________________________
Reanna Guzman Jason Baltimore
Interim City Clerk Interim City Attorney
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EXHIBIT A
RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
1. Residential Parking Permits. Residential parking permits shall be limited to
three (3) permits per residence per year, only one (1) of which may be a
guest/transferable hang tag permit. All remaining permits shall be issued as
windshield stickers and must be assigned to vehicles registered to the
residence. Applicants shall provide proof of residency and valid vehicle
registration. Acceptable proof of residency may include a valid driver’s
license, a signed lease agreement of at least six (6) months executed within
the previous thirty (30) days (for new residents only), or a utility bill provided the
document displays the residential address and is deemed acceptable by the
City. For purposes of this program, an individual shall reside at only one address
within the City’s impacted parking area and shall obtain permits solely for that
address. Permits shall not be issued for more than one (1) address to the same
individual.
a. Fourth Residential Parking Permit. To qualify for a fourth (4th)
Residential Parking Permit, a resident shall submit an affidavit (subject to
penalty of perjury) stating the number of drivers residing at the residence. If the
number of drivers exceeds the number of available on-site parking spaces, the
residence may be eligible for one (1) additional permit.
b. Appeals. The City Manager or designee is authorized to review
and decide appeals for permits in excess of four (4), and may issue additional
Residential Parking Permits under special circumstances in the sole discretion
of the City Manager or designee. The burden of proof shall be on the
applicant, and the decision of the City Manager or designee shall be final.
c. Resident Turnover. In the event of resident turnover, permits may
be issued upon submission of proof of new tenancy (including a signed lease
agreement of at least six (6) months executed within the previous thirty (30)
days or a utility bill in the new tenant’s name). Previously issued permits shall be
cancelled upon verification of new residency.
d. Permit Issuance. Issuance of permits allowed by this section shall,
along with the other conditions mentioned above, only be issued for vehicles
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that do not have any outstanding parking citations in the City.
2. Guest Parking Permits. Each residential address within the impacted
coastal parking area shall be eligible for one (1) Guest Parking Permit,
provided that the residential address does not exceed the maximum number
of residential parking permits authorized under the City’s Residential Parking
Permit Program. The applicant shall provide proof of residency, as required by
the City, demonstrating that the applicant resides at the address within the
impacted area. Guest permits shall be eligible for replacement only for new
tenants. Guest permits that are lost or stolen shall not be replaced. No vehicle
registration shall be required for the issuance of a Guest Parking Permit.
3. Event Parking Permits. Event Parking Permits may be issued subject to the
following conditions: (a) a maximum of two (2) events per residence per year
excluding the day of a midweek holiday and holiday weekends defined as
Friday through Sunday when the holiday occurs on a Friday, and Saturday
through Monday when the holiday occurs on a Monday; (b) a maximum of
ten (10) permits per event; and (c) a fee of ten dollars ($10) per permit. To
obtain these permits, the applicant must provide proof of residency within the
impacted parking area.
4. Commercial Enterprises. The City Manager or designee may issue a
single affixed Residential Parking Permit to bona fide employees of the
businesses within the impacted area (i.e., only one permit per employee) and
each owner of a business in the Impacted Area may be issued one (1) affixed
Residential Parking Permit subject to the discretion of the City Manager or
designee.
5. Fraudulent Permit. An individual will be prohibited from receiving any
permit under this program for two (2) years in the event the City Manager or
designee determines that an applicant has submitted an application with
altered documents, otherwise lied or committed fraud in obtaining a permit,
or misused a permit/violated the conditions of permit issuance (e.g. sold their
permit to another individual who does not qualify).
6. Valid Date. Residential Parking Permits and Guest Parking Permits shall
be valid from the first day of March to the 28th or 29th day of February each
year, unless the terms are extended or modified by the City Manager.
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7. Parking Meter Posts. Parking 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 seventy-two
(72) hours at one location) or a day permit which allows all-day parking and is
valid only on the day of use (except during the hours posted for street
sweeping operations).
a. Beach Drive and Loma/Morningside. In those metered areas
where the parking meter post adjacent to each parking space is 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 (1) affixed
thereon in the lower right hand corner of the windshield of the vehicle a valid
resident parking permit; (2) hanging from the front rear-view mirror located on
the inside of the vehicle a valid resident guest parking permit; or (3) 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.
8. Fees. Fees for Residential Parking Permits and Guest Parking Permits shall
be sixty dollars ($60) per permit. The amount of these fees shall be reduced by
one-half on the first day of September each year. Where a person to whom a
valid Residential Parking Permit has been issued can furnish proof satisfactory
to the City Manager or designee 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 three dollars ($3) 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.
9. Knowledge of Requirements. It is the sole responsibility of the owner,
operator, manager, or driver of a vehicle for which a valid parking permit has
been issued to become familiar with the provisions for and the limitations on
the use of the parking permit; and ignorance of these provisions and limitations
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shall not be claimed as defense in any action brought for illegal use of the
permit.
10. One-Hour Parking. In the area posted "One-Hour Parking" in the
impacted area, parking on-street shall be restricted to one-hour parking from
10:00 a.m. to midnight every day during summer months (which is defined as
May 15th through September 15th.
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Hermosa Beach )
January 26, 2026
Certification of Council Action
RESOLUTION NO. RES-26-7531
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AND RESTATING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
CITY’S RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM AND RELATED
REGULATIONS, AND FINDING THE SAME EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
I, Reanna Guzman, Interim City Clerk of the City of Hermosa Beach, do
hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. RES-26-7531 was duly
approved and adopted by the City Council of said City at its regular meeting
thereof held on the 13th day of January 2026, and passed by the following vote:
AYES: MAYOR SAEMANN, and COUNCILMEMBERS, KEEGAN, and FRANCOIS
NOES: MAYOR PRO TEMPORE DETOY and COUNCILMEMBER JACKSON
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
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Reanna Guzman
Interim City Clerk
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