HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-01-09 - AGENDA REPORTS - PARET PARKING REQUIREMENTS (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Rabie J. Rahman
DATE: January 9, 2001
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE GOVERNING PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR
SPEED DISPLAY TRAILER (PARET) UNIT — AMENDMENT TO
SECTION 12.64.100 OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL
CODE
DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Engineering Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council adopt an ordinance amending Section 12.64.100 of the City of Santa Clarita
Municipal Code, thereby allowing the speed display trailer (PARET) unit to be exempt from
the requirements of said section.
At the November 14, 2000 regular City Council meeting, the subject ordinance was
introduced and placed upon its first reading. This ordinance governs the parking of the
speed display trailer (PARET) unit on City streets.
Traffic Engineering staff receives numerous complaints about speeding on various City
streets. Staff frequently utilizes the PARET unit on these streets to help reduce speeding.
This device is an effective educational tool that informs motorists of the speed at which they
are traveling, and reminds them to monitor their speed in accordance with the speed limit.
The PARET unit is a detached trailer and is usually placed on the shoulder area of a street
next to the curb. However, per Section 12.64.100 of the City of Santa Clarita Municipal
Code, no detached trailers are allowed on public streets.
In order to legally continue using the PARET unit on City streets, staff recommends that
Section 12.64. 100 of the Municipal Code be modified so that the PARET unit is exempt from
this requirement. Staff recommends that the following statement be added to
Section 12.64.100 of the Municipal Code:
C. This section shall not apply to the speed display trailer (PARET) units placed
on public roadways by the City of Santa Clarita or the Los Angeles County
Sheriffs Department.
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ORDINANCE GOVERNING PARKING REQUIREMENTS
FOR SPEED DISPLAY TRAILER (PARET) UNIT
January 9, 2001— Page 2
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ATTACHMENT
Ordinance Amending Municipal Code
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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 9, 2001, the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita adopted Ordinance 01-1 entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 12.64.100 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE,
REGARDING PARKING OF TRAILERS OR SEMI -TRAILERS ON PUBLIC
ROADWAYS
by the following vote:
AYES: Smyth, Darcy, Ferry, Kellar, Weste
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
A certified copy of the complete text of the ordinance is posted and may be read in the City
Clerk's Office, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 301, Santa Clarita, and/or a copy may be
obtained from that office.
Dated this 11th day of January, 2001
Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk
City of Santa Clarita
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
Sharon L. Dawson, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that she is the duly
appointed and qualified City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita and that by Thursday, January
11, 2001, she caused a certified copy of the subject ordinance to be posted and made available
for public review in the City Clerk's office and a copy of the ordinance summary to be published
as required by law.
Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk
City of Santa Clarita