City Council

(9) 23-0042 CDs 1 & 13 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to the establishment of Preferential Parking District (PPD) No. 294 in the Westlake and Belmont Neighborhoods. Recommendations for Council action: FIND that: The parking challenges created by surrounding developments cause adverse parking impacts on the adjacent residential blocks around the Westlake and Belmont neighborhoods, from which the residents deserve immediate relief. The establishment of PPD No. 294, 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 establishing the boundaries of PPD No. 294, pursuant to the City Council’s March 16, 2016, “Rules and Procedures for Preferential Parking Districts,” to include the blocks within the residential area bounded by the centerline of the following streets (unless specified otherwise): Southbound US-101 Freeway between Alvarado Street and Glendale Boulevard Glendale Boulevard between southbound US-101 Freeway and Beverly Boulevard Lucas Avenue between Beverly Boulevard and 3rd Street Third Street between Lucas Avenue and Alvarado Street Alvarado Street between Third Street and southbound US-101 Freeway AUTHORIZE the following parking restrictions for use on the residential portions of all streets in PPD No. 294: 2 HOUR PARKING 8 AM TO 6 PM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 294 PERMITS EXEMPT NO PARKING 6 PM TO 8 AM, 2 HOUR PARKING 8 AM TO 6 PM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 294 PERMITS EXEMPT NO PARKING 8 AM TO 6 PM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 294 PERMITS EXEMPT NO PARKING 6 PM TO 8 AM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 294 PERMITS EXEMPT INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) to initiate the necessary procedures for preparing and selling parking permits to residents within PPD No. 294, as specified in LAMC Section 80.58. DIRECT the LADOT to: ​​​​​​​ Post or remove the authorized parking restrictions on the residential portions of the street segments 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 a street segment requesting installation or removal of the parking restrictions set forth in Recommendation No. 3, after the establishment of this PPD, without further action by the City Council.