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AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 7, 2008
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: TIM D. BEREFT, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE No. 1357 PROHIBITING PARKING ALONG DESIGNATED
PORTIONS OF NEWPORT AVENUE, REDHILL AVENUE, AND IRVINE
BOULEVARD
SUMMARY
In response to a series of public workshops over the last year with City Council regarding traffic
congestion along Newport Avenue, Red Hill Avenue, and Irvine Boulevard, it is recommended that
the City Council adopt an ordinance prohibiting parking along designated portions of each arterial. It
has been determined that congestion along each arterial can be relieved by increasing roadway
capacity with the addition of a third travel lane in each direction within the existing curb-to-curb width.
No additional right of way is required by this action.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council introduce and approve the first reading of Ordinance No.
1357 prohibiting parking along the following designated portions of:
1. Newport Avenue -Sycamore Avenue to First Street;
2. Red Hill Avenue -Sycamore Avenue to Mitchell Street & San Juan Street to Bryan Avenue; and
3. Irvine Boulevard -Prospect Avenue to Holt Avenue.
FISCAL IMPACT
Sufficient funds are budgeted in this fiscal year's Capital Improvement Program (CIP), No 4074. The
estimated cost to remove on-street parking and add a third lane in each direction on the three arterials
is:
Signing & Striping Signal Detection
1. Newport Avenue ......................................... $19,000 $16,000
2. Red Hill Avenue ........................................... $6,000 $ 3,000
3. Irvine Boulevard ........................................... 5 000 $ 3,000
TOTALS: $30,000 $22,000
DISCUSSION
Due to concerns over traffic congestion on three major arterial roadways, studies were conducted to
investigate the merits of providing additional roadway capacity by adding a third travel lane in each
direction on certain portions of Newport Avenue, Red Hill Avenue and Irvine Boulevard. Each arterial
highway has been evaluated individually and it has been determined that specific areas can be
improved to a level of service (LOS) consistent with the policies of the Circulation Element of the
General Plan by implementing 24 hour "No Parking" zones to provide for additional travel lanes.
Ordinance Prohibiting Parking along designated portions of Newport Avenue, Red Hill
Avenue and Irvine Boulevard
October 7, 2008
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Prohibiting parking along these specific portions will improve traffic flow, enhance traffic signal
management, and reduce vehicle weaving. Lane constrictions/reductions cause traffic to transition
from an existing third lane to avoid being trapped when the lane is dropped. This transition or
weaving action tends to impede traffic flow, reduce lane utilization and impede intersection signal
operations. Striping for a continuous third lane will eliminate this maneuver and provide for more
efficient lane utilization and improved Level of Service. Prohibiting parking will also improve street
maintenance operations. Presently, sweeper operators have to negotiate parked vehicles or forgo
street cleaning entirely due to on-street parking. This negatively impacts the City's attempt to
improve storm water quality and West Nile virus abatement.
Striping six travel lanes and restricting parking only during AM and PM peak hours (rush hour) was
considered in lieu of 24 hour parking restrictions. However, inconsistent use of parking on major
arterials could result in rear end collisions with parked vehicles in the third travel lane during off peak
hours.
Typically, these types of lanes, commonly referred to as flex lanes, are configurations that are
implemented in highly urbanized areas or interstate highway applications. For example, in highway
applications, flex lanes utilize the emergency and hard shoulder area to provide for additional lane
capacity during rush hour only. In gridlock conditions, travel speeds are low, to very low, and the
likelihood of a high speed collision with a stalled or parked vehicle in the flex lane is unlikely.
In general, highly congested urbanized commercial business districts, such as those found in
downtown Los Angeles, use flex lanes along the major arterials as a means to compensate for
inadequate off-street parking. Typically, flex lanes involve dedication of substantial resources for
traffic enforcement and towing. These major arterials carry 30,000 - 40,000 vehicles per day (vpd).
However, the corridor characteristic of Alvarado Street, Cesar Chavez Avenue, Figueroa Street, and
Vermont Avenue are conducive for flex lane utilization.
The use of flex lanes, particularly along Irvine Boulevard adjacent to Columbus Tustin Sports Park
and Intermediate School is undesirable and a condition not commonly or characteristically
encountered within Orange County. Consequently, this is a condition that possesses a greater risk
for driver error or misinterpretation. Accordingly, the potential for vehicular and/or pedestrian conflict
due to driver error and/or misinterpretation outweighs any notable benefit in additional lane capacity
by means of a flex lane. Therefore, flex lane installation is not recommended.
By eliminating on-street parking within select segments, the existing levels of service on Newport
Avenue, Red Hill Avenue and Irvine Boulevard can be improved to provide congestion relief. A
specific implementation timetable of one hundred twenty (120) days is recommended to allow for
design and construction of modifications on the arterials, and to provide those who will lose the on-
street parking spaces time to make new parking arrangements. It is anticipated that the new arterial
striping will be completed and operational by February 1, 2009.
Tim D. Serlet Douglas S. Stack
Director of Public Works/City Engineer Assistant Public Works Director
Attachment(s): 1. Map of Existing Lane Configuration
2. Map of Proposed Lane Configuration
3. Ordinance No. 1354
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ORDINANCE NO. 1357
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA,
ADDING SECTION 5333 TO PART 3 TO CHAPTER 3 OF
ARTICLE 5 OF THE TUSTIN CITY CODE RELATING TO
PROHIBITION OF PARKING ON DESIGNATED ARTERIAL
STREETS.
The City Council of the City of Tustin, California, ordains:
SECTION I: The City Council finds and determines that:
A. That on October 16, 2007, March 18, 2008, April 15, 2008, and
September 15, 2008, the City Council conducted public workshops to review the
existing parking regulations including the arterial parking restrictions and consider
implementation actions that would improve the quality of life within Tustin and increase
the efficiency of the circulation system.
B. That the Code amendment to the Tustin City Code will assure availability
for use of existing vehicular capacity on the designated arterial streets, and will do so in
a manner that is protective of those traveling and parking upon public streets in the City.
C. That the Code amendment is regulatory in nature, and the City of Tustin
has a substantial interest in protecting the health and safety of the public, including
those traveling upon, and parking upon, City streets.
D. That on October 7, 2008, a public hearing was duly noticed, called, and
held concerning this Code amendment.
E. That the Code amendment is for restriping of streets and highways to
relieve traffic congestion as set forth in Public Resources Code Section 21080.19 and
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15282Q), and as a
result is statutorily exempt from CEQA.
F. That the proposed amendment is reasonably necessary to protect the
health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Tustin.
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SECTION II: Section 5333 of Part 3 of Chapter 3 of Article 5 of the Tustin City Code is
hereby enacted to read as follows:
5333 PARKING PROHIBITED ON DESIGNATED ARTERIAL STREETS.
a. Prohibition.
Any other limitation on, or regulation concerning parking contained in this Article to the
contrary notwithstanding, it is unlawful at any time to stop, stand, park, or leave standing
any vehicle in any of the following segments of the following streets, or any portions
thereof:
1. Irvine Boulevard between Prospect Avenue and Holt Avenue
2. Newport Avenue between Sycamore Avenue and First Street
3. Red Hill Avenue between Sycamore Avenue and Mitchell Street
4. Red Hill Avenue between San Juan Street and Bryan Avenue.
b. Posting of Parking Restrictions On Designated Arterials.
The City Engineer is hereby authorized to place and maintain, or cause to be placed
and maintained, "No Stopping Any Time" signs on the portions of the streets identified in
subsection a.
c. Exemptions.
The restrictions in subsection a shall not apply to:
1. any ambulance, or to a law enforcement or fire department vehicle
parked or left parked during an emergency; or
2. vehicles parked in compliance with a lawful City encroachment
permit, which permit authorizes vehicular parking in that segment or portion of segment
of that street at that time.
d. Penalties
1. Parking a vehicle in violation of this Section shall. be an infraction.
All persons designated by the Chief of Police are authorized and empowered to remove
or cause to be removed all vehicles parked on a street contrary to the provisions of this
Section, and to store the vehicles. The owner or operator of any such vehicle shall be
liable for the reasonable towing and storage charges.
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2. In addition, this Section may be enforced in any manner provided in
Chapter 1 of the Tustin City Code.
SECTION III. This Ordinance shall become effective at 12:01 am on the thirty-first day
after passage. The City Council directs that enforcement of this Ordinance shall not
commence until February 1, 2009.
SECTION IV. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or
phrase in this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason, held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have
passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, and
phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
subdivisions, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this day of 2008.
JERRY AMANTE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
PAMELA STOKER, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DOUGLAS HOLLAND, CITY ATTORNEY
Ver: 9/24/2008
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