HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-07-12 - AGENDA REPORTS - CENTRE POINTE NO PARKING (2)CONSENT CALENDAR
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SUBJECT:
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Agenda Item:
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by:
July 12, 2005
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A NO PARKING ZONE AND
OVERNIGHT PARKING RESTRICTION IN THE CENTRE
POINTE BUSINESS PARK
Planning and Economic Development
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council adopt a resolution establishing a no parking zone and overnight parking restrictions
along specified public streets in the Centre Pointe Business Park.
City Council acknowledge receipt of developer reimbursement in the amount of $5,000 to
revenue account #001-6741 (Miscellaneous Revenue) and transfer this amount to operating
account #5214-7332 (Equipment and Supplies) for the purchase of signage materials.
BACKGROUND
The City, as well as Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, frequently receives complaints
from businesses in the Centre Pointe Business Park regarding vehicles and commercial trucks
being stored and/or abandoned along public streets in the Business Park. Specifically, this
stored/abandoned vehicle issue takes place along the west side of Ruether Avenue, Centre Pointe
Parkway (between Spirit Court and Golden Triangle Road), and Golden Triangle Road (between
Centre Pointe Parkway and the aqueduct).
Businesses in this area are concerned that these stored/abandoned vehicles and commercial
trucks decay the aesthetic appearance of the Centre Pointe Business Park, thus challenging efforts
to retain and attract businesses to the area. In addition, the school district in the area has
expressed concern that the stored commercial trucks along the north side of Golden Triangle
Road, adjacent to the existing railroad tracks, pose a safety issue for their students while walking
along the street.
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In an attempt to address this issue, the Sheriff's Department utilizes the abandoned vehicle code
(California Vehicle Code Section 22651) which allows vehicles to be parked on public streets for
a period not to exceed 72 consecutive hours. Unfortunately, the Sheriff's Department has
expressed difficulty in enforcing this code in the Centre Pointe Business Park since most of these
vehicles move before the 72 consecutive hour limit expires, and return back to the same location
to start the 72 hour clock all over again. Thus, the abandoned vehicle code has not been an
effective enforcement mechanism to address the issue of stored vehicles and commercial trucks
as raised by the businesses in the Centre Pointe Business Park.
Staff has been working with various business owners in the Centre Pointe Business Park to
identify options that can address the issue of stored vehicles and commercial trucks on public
streets. To balance the aesthetic issues and the day time parking needs of businesses that
currently operate in the Centre Pointe Business Park, it is recommended that vehicle parking be
prohibited during the hours of 12:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. along the following sections of the public
street in the Business Park where no parking restrictions already exist:
South side of Golden Triangle Road (between Centre Pointe Parkway and a point 1,700 feet
east of Centre Pointe Parkway);
West and east side of Centre Pointe Parkway (between Golden Triangle Road and Spirit
Court);
West side of Ruether Avenue (between a point 1,050 feet south of Golden Triangle Road and
Centre Pointe Parkway);
This overnight parking restriction will allow businesses in the area to utilize the public street for
parking during business hours, but also prohibits the overnight storage of any vehicle in the
Business Park.
In addition, to address the school's safety concerns regarding commercial truck parking along the
north side of Golden Triangle Road, it is also recommended that no parking signs be erected
along this side of the street.
The recommended parking restrictions will provide the Sheriff's Department with a more
effective enforcement solution to address the storage of vehicles in the Business Park. Attached
to the agenda report is a map illustrating the existing and proposed parking restrictions in the
Centre Pointe Business Park.
Property owners in the Centre Pointe Business Park were notified by correspondence of the
proposed parking restrictions and were asked to notify the City of any concerns or opposition to
this approach. The City only received two phone calls from business owners in the area who
expressed support for the proposed parking restrictions.
In addition, one business owner mailed out letters to all the tenants in the Business Park
informing them of the proposed parking restriction. According to the business owner, no
opposition was received.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of the recommended parking restrictions will require the posting of 90 signs in the
Centre Pointe Business Park. This will cost a total of $5,000 to purchase the signage materials.
Funding for this expense will be offset by a developer reimbursement which will be held in
revenue account #001-6741 (Miscellaneous Revenue). This reimbursement will need to be
transfered to operating account #5214-7332 (Equipment and Supplies) for the purchase of
signage materials.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution Establishing No Parking Zone and Overnight Parking Restrictions in the Centre
Pointe Business Park
Map Illustrating Existing and Proposed Parking Restrictions in the Centre Pointe Business Park