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Home My WebLink About06 FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 1496 TO AMEND CITY CODE SECTION 5331n BY RE-ESTABLISHING PREFERENTIAL PERMIT ONLY PARKING ON BIRCHFIELD DRIVE, SANDBROOK DRIVE AND SILVERBROOK DRIVE• Agenda Item 6 t AGENDA REPORT Reviewed.- City eviewed.City Manager Finance Director N/A MEETING DATE: APRIL 3, 2018 TO: JEFFREY C. PARKER, CITY MANAGER FROM: DOUGLAS S. STACK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER SUBJECT: FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 1496 TO AMEND CITY CODE SECTION 5331n BY RE-ESTABLISHING PREFERENTIAL PERMIT ONLY PARKING ON BIRCHFIELD DRIVE, SANDBROOK DRIVE AND SILVERBROOK DRIVE SUMMARY Preferential permit parking on Birchfield Drive, Sandbrook Drive and Silverbrook Drive was previously approved in August 2016 (i.e., first and second readings on August 2nd and 16th, respectively). The latest recently approved Ordinance to amend City Code Section 5331n to include Old Town residential streets inadvertently omitted Birchfield Drive, Sandbrook Drive and Silverbrook Drive. Ordinance No. 1496 adds these three residential streets back into Tustin City Code Section 5331 n. RECOMMENDATION That the City Council introduce and have the first reading of Ordinance No. 1496 to re-establish preferential permit only parking on Birchfield Drive, Sandbrook Drive and Silverbrook Drive, and set the second reading for the Council's next scheduled meeting. FISCAL IMPACT There will be no fiscal impact to implement permit parking on these streets. Permits are issued by the Tustin Police Department at no fee and parking enforcement will be applied by routine patrol. There is no cost to install signs as they are already posted. CORRELATION TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN Permit parking contributes to the fulfillment of the City's Strategic Plan Goal B: Public Safety and Protection of Assets. Specifically, the ordinance implements or fosters the implementation of strategy #3, which among other items, is to ensure continuous maintenance and improvement of traffic control and transportation facilities so that Tustin can protect the health and safety and welfare of the public including those traveling upon and parking upon City streets. BACKGROUND The single-family residential streets of Birchfield Drive, Sandbrook Drive and Silverbrook Drive were previously approved for permit parking in August 2016. However, on March 7th and March 20th, 2018, the City Council in the first and second readings, respectively, for the approval of Ordinance No. 1494 to include Old Town residential streets in the Preferential Permit Only Parking City Code Permit Parking — Birchfield Drive, Sandbrook Drive and Silverbrook Drive April 3, 2018 Page 2 Section 5331n inadvertently omitted Birchfield Drive, Sandbrook Drive and Silverbrook Drive. Ordinance No. 1496 will reinstate these streets in the permit parking program. Implementation of this proposed action is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as provided under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Class 1 (Existing Facilities — minor alteration in the operation of the existing City roadway system). DVous Stack, P.E. Dz f Public Works/City Engineer Attachments: 1. Policy and Procedures for Preferential Permit Parking on Public Streets 2. Ordinance No. 1496 ATTACHMENT 1 Policy and Procedures for Preferential Permit Parking on Public Streets The Tustin City Council may adopt the following Policy and Procedures for the criteria, application, evaluation, administration, fees and implementation of Permit Parking as applicable to public streets within the City. This policy is intended to mitigate parking intrusions (spillover parking) that may impact the quality of life and affect the public safety in single family detached neighborhoods. Criteria 1. Only residential streets in single family detached neighborhoods shall be eligible for Permit Parking. 2. Permit Parking, if approved, shall be limited to a designated area, not less than one block. 3. Permit Parking will be considered by the City Council given: A. Any one household within a potential Permit Parking Area makes an application to the Public Works Department for the establishment thereof. B. A parking analysis/evaluation is completed by the Public Works Department. 4. The City Council may, at its sole discretion, review and approve or deny any application for Permit Parking in the interest of community benefit or public safety. Application 1. An application for Permit Parking shall contain a description of the problem, the time the problem is occurring, the general area affected by the parking intrusion, and the applicant's name, home address and telephone number(s). 2. The City Engineer shall determine the exact limits of the general area 3. The applicant or designee shall be the contact person for the City staff. Permit Process 1. The City Engineer shall prepare an agenda report to be considered by the City Council. -1- A. The report shall state the facts pursuant to the request for permit parking consideration. The applicant shall be provided a copy of the staff report. 2. If a permit parking area is approved by the City Council, each household in the permit parking area who wishes to park within the designated restricted area will be required to obtain a permit to do so pursuant to the permit issuance outline below. 3. If the request for Permit Parking is denied, a second analysis of the same or similar general area will not be conducted for a minimum of twelve months unless there is a significant, identifiable change in parking characteristics as determined by the City Engineer. Subsequent analysis of the same general area will be subject to the same requirements and procedures as the initial request. Permit Issuance All authorized preferential Permit Parking will prohibit overnight parking from 2am to 6am, seven (7) day a week, unless approved otherwise by City Council. 2. All residents in a preferential Permit Parking Area will be subject, without exception, to all related parking regulations. 3. Each household will be issued a permit(s) upon request and verification of full utilization of off-street parking. 4. Parking Permits shall be obtained in person at the Police Department. The applicant must provide proof of residency; vehicle license and registration, and complete and sign a Permit Parking Application. This document will be the permanent record of the respective household's Program participation, acknowledgement and receipt of the Permit Parking Program's procedures and requirements. 5. Approved permits are not transferable. 6. Temporary guest permits may, at the discretion of the Police Department, be issued during normal business hours at no cost to households in a Permit Parking Area. 7. All Parking Permits remain the property of the City and may be revoked if used contrary to the provisions of this policy. Bail Schedu The fine for violation of the Permit Parking regulations shall be as the City Council may set from time to time. -2- Misuse of Parking Permits Any person selling, fraudulently using, reproducing or mutilating a Parking Permit issued in conjunction with the Parking Permit Program shall be guilty of an infraction and shall be subject to a fine as the City Council may set from time to time and the forfeiture of all Parking Permits, or such other penalty as the City Council may, from time to time, set by ordinance. Program Removal 1. A Permit Parking Area or part thereof may be removed from the Permit Parking Program by the City Council pursuant to a determination that removal from the Program is in the community interest or in the interest of public safety or at City Council discretion. 2. There shall be no cost to the residents associated with removing an area from the Permit Parking Program. 3. If an existing Permit Parking Area is revoked, any request for reinstatement shall be subject to the same process as that of a new Parking Permit Area. Exceptions & Exemptions FEE To accommodate particular events or circumstances, the Police Department may, temporarily, suspend enforcement of the Permit Parking regulations. The fee for preferential Permit Parking regulations shall be as the City Council may set from time to time. Currently, permits are issued at no fee. -3- ATTACHMENT 2 Ordinance No. 1496 ORDINANCE NO. 1496 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TUSTIN CITY CODE SUBSECTION 5331n REGARDING DESIGNATION OF ZONES FOR PARKING BY PERMIT ONLY The City Council of the City of Tustin, California, hereby ordains the following: SECTION I: The City Council finds and determines: A. Preferential permit parking was approved for Birchfield Drive, Sandbrook Drive, and Silverbrook Drive on August 16, 2016 and was inadvertently removed from the program through the adoption of Ordinance No. 1494. B. An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Tustin is required to re-establish preferential permit parking on these streets. SECTION II: Subsection 5331 n of the Tustin City Code is hereby amended to add subsection (16) as follows: (16) Birchfield Drive, Sandbrook Drive and Silverbrook Drive SECTION III: This Ordinance shall become effective on the 31St day after its adoption on the second reading. The designated permit -only parking area shall be enforced after the effective date. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council for the City of Tustin on the 3rd day of April 2018. ELWYN A. MURRAY, Mayor ATTEST: ERICA N. RABE, City Clerk Ordinance No. 1496 Page 1 of 2 APPROVED AS TO FORM: DAVID E. KENDIG, City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF TUSTIN ) CERTIFICATION FOR ORDINANCE NO. 1496 I, ERICA N. RABE, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is 5; that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1496 was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 3rd day of April 2018 by the following vote: COUNCILMEMBER AYES: COUNCILMEMBER NOES: COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: ERICA N. RABE, City Clerk Ordinance No, 1496 Page 2 of 2