City Council

(2) 24-0038 CD 4 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT, and RESOLUTION relative to the establishment of Preferential Parking District (PPD) No. 326 in the Runyon Canyon Neighborhood of Council District Four. Recommendations for Council action: FIND that: The establishment of PPD No. 326, 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 111.1.a.3 of the 2002 Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines. The parking challenges created by non-residents, who park to hike the Canyon and others trying to avoid adjacent Parking Permit Districts, are causing adverse parking impacts on the adjacent residential blocks around the Runyon Canyon neighborhood from which the residents deserve immediate relief. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION establishing the boundaries of PPD No. 326, pursuant to the City Council's November 6, 2018 "Rules and Procedures for Preferential Parking Districts", to include both sides of the following streets (unless specified otherwise): Fareholm Drive between Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Orange Grove Avenue (4 segments) Fareholm Court between Fareholm Drive and the cul de sac Floral Avenue between Fareholm Drive and the cul de sac Granito Drive between Orange Grove Avenue and 7846 Granito Drive (2 segments) Binkley Drive between Granito Drive and the cul de sac Nichols Canyon Road between Hollywood Boulevard and 1875 Nichols Canyon Road (3 segments) Courtney Avenue between Hollywood Boulevard and Nichols Canyon Road (3 segments) Courtney Terrace between Courtney Avenue and the cul de sac Stanley Avenue between Hollywood Boulevard and the cul de sac Curson Avenue between Hollywood Boulevard and Wattles Drive (4 segments) Wattles Drive between the 1900 block of Wattles Drive and Curson Avenue (2 segments) Curson Place between Curson Avenue (south intersection) and Curson Avenue (north intersection) Curson Terrace between Curson Avenue and the cul de sac North side of Hollywood Boulevard between Curson Avenue and Laurel Canyon Boulevard (9 segments) Ogden Drive between Hollywood Boulevard and Hillside Avenue Hillside Avenue between the cul de sac west of Fairfax Avenue and Ogden Drive (4 segments) Orange Grove Avenue between Hollywood Boulevard and Fareholm Drive (2 segments) Fairfax Avenue between Hollywood Boulevard and Hillside Avenue Fairfax Avenue between Hillside Avenue and Fareholm Drive Hiller Place between Hollywood Boulevard and Hemet Place Hemet Place between the cul de sac east of Hiller Place and Fareholm Drive (2 segments) Laurel Canyon Boulevard between Hollywood Boulevard and Fareholm Drive AUTHORIZE the following parking restrictions for use on the residential portions of all streets in PPD No. 326: 2 HOUR PARKING 8 AM TO 6 PM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 326 PERMITS EXEMPT NO PARKING 6 PM TO 8 AM, 2 HOUR PARKING 8 AM TO 6 PM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 326 PERMITS EXEMPT NO PARKING 8 AM TO 6 PM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 326 PERMITS EXEMPT NO PARKING 6 PM TO 8 AM; VEHICLES WITH DISTRICT NO. 326 PERMITS EXEMPT NO PARKING 10 PM TO 6 AM; 4 HOUR PARKING 6 AM TO 10 PM; VEHICLE WITH DISTRICT NO. 326 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 PPD No. 326, 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 establishment of this PPD, without further action by the City Council. Fiscal Impact Statement: The LADOT reports that revenue from the sale of permits will cover the cost of implementing, administering, and enforcing PPD No. 326. Violations of the posted restrictions may result in citation fines deposited into the General Fund.