City Council

(5) 15-1552 CD 1 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT, and RESOLUTION relative to an amendment of the parking restriction in Temporary Preferential Parking District (TPPD) No. 197 in the Lincoln Heights area.  Recommendations for Council action: FIND that: Employees of the Forever 21 factory, which operates 24 hours a day, continue to cause adverse parking impacts on the adjacent residential blocks, from which residents deserve immediate relief. The amendment of the posted restriction in TPPD No. 197, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 80.58.d, is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as a Class 1 Categorical Exemption under Article III.1.a.3 of the 2002 Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to amend the posted restriction within the existing TPPD No. 197 boundaries, pursuant to the City Council’s March 16, 2016 “Rules and Procedures for Preferential Parking Districts”, which currently includes the following blocks: Prince Street between Manitou Avenue and North Broadway (both sides) Duke Street between Mission Road and Prince Street (both sides) North Broadway between Mission Road and Prince Street (south side) AUTHORIZE the following parking restrictions for use on the residential portions of all streets in TPPD No. 197: 2 HOUR PARKING 6 AM TO 6 PM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 197 PERMITS EXEMPT 2 HOUR PARKING 8 AM TO 6 PM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 197 PERMITS EXEMPT NO PARKING 6 PM TO 8 AM, 2 HOUR PARKING 8 AM TO 6 PM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 197 PERMITS EXEMPT NO PARKING 8 AM TO 6 PM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 197 PERMITS EXEMPT NO PARKING 6 PM TO 8 AM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 197 PERMITS EXEMPT INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) to initiate the necessary procedures for the preparation and sale of parking permits to residents within TPPD No. 197, as specified in LAMC Section 80.58. DIRECT the LADOT to: Post or remove the authorized parking restrictions in the residential area enumerated in Recommendation No. 2, except for areas where parking is currently prohibited in the interest of traffic flow or public safety. Post or remove the authorized parking restrictions upon receipt and validation of petitions containing signatures from at least 75 percent of the dwelling units covering more than 50 percent of the developed frontage on the street segments requesting installation or removal of the parking restrictions set forth in Recommendation No. 3.