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CITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL
TITLE. -* ESTABLISH A THREE-HOUR DEPT. HD. FL--
PARKING TIME LIMIT ON BOTH SIDES OF
STATE STREET FROM BEECH AVENUE TO CITY All-Y.
CARLSBAD BOULEVARD
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No. )bsisy to establish a THREE-HOUR PARKING time limit on both
sides of State Street from Beech Avenue to Carlsbad Boulevard.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
A letter and petition was received by the Housing and Redevelopment Director asking that the existing THREE-HOUR PARKING time limit on State Street be extended from Beech Avenue
northerly to Laguna Drive. These documents indicated that when commuters using the Village
Transit Station find the parking lot full, they use State Street to park their vehicles. As a result,
vehicles parked by commuters deny the shoppers the opportunity to park on the street at various
shops and businesses.
On State Street north of Beech Avenue, parallel parking is permitted except in locations having
red curb painted. Approximately 73 vehicles can parallel park on both sides of State Street between Beech Avenue and Laguna Drive. A previous action of the City Council by adopting an ordinance in January 2000 designated THREE-HOUR PARKING on various road segments and
some public parking lots in the Village Redevelopment area.
To determine the extent of on-street parking availability, staff conducted a vehicle occupancy
study for the subject segment of State Street on March 13, 2001. Between the hours of 7:00 a.m.
and 6:00 p.m., a total of 159 vehicles were observed to park on the street. Of the total vehicles
observed, 106 vehicles were parked up to three hours and the remaining 53 vehicles were
observed to park between three and eleven hours. Eight vehicles were parked between eight and
nine hours and six of those eight were parked up to eleven hours. It was observed that some
vehicles made frequent re-visits to about the same location, indicating employees were parking on
the street at their place of employment. In some cases, staff was able to discern that the vehicle
parked on the street belonged to an employee of a specific business,
The parking study indicates that about one-third of the total number of vehicles parking on the
street are long-term parked vehicles (greater than three hours). Some employees of a business
are using the street to park their private vehicle and thereby are depriving potential customers of
the ability to park in front of or near the business they wish to patronize.
The Village Transit Station parking lot has 311 available parking spaces. On a typical weekday, this parking lot fills early and is about 96% full throughout the day. Future plans of the
North County Transit District (NCTD) are to expand the parking lot northerly which would require
existing businesses to vacate the property. Those businesses located on NCTD property north of the existing parking lot are on a month-to-month lease. However, at this time there are no plans
by NCTD to order the businesses to vacate the property for the expansion of the parking lot.
A shortage of available parking spaces will and does limit the potential to increase ridership on the Coaster or bus service at the transit station.
Implementing parking time restrictions in locations where parking demand is high and availability of parking spaces is limited does have a tendency to create parking demand at other locations
where there are no time restrictions. Some evidence of this phenomena is observed on State Street north of Laguna Drive.
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Parking opportunities exist in the Village Redevelopment area. Free, unlimited parking is available
in public parking lots near the Village Transit Station. However, a commuter would have to walk
several street blocks to take advantage of this opportunity. Employees of businesses also could
utilize the public parking lots and thereby create more on-street parking opportunities for
customers.
Establishing a parking time limit on State Street north of Beech Avenue might result in commuters
and others using streets easterly of State Street for long-term parking. However, walking
distances from other streets to the transit station are comparable to the distances from public
parking lots. Establishing the time restrictions on State Street north of Beech Avenue may have
the benefit of more commuters utilizing the public parking lots.
Staff recommended to the Traffic Safety Commission that to maintain on-street parking availability
for Maxton Brown Park users, the THREE-HOUR PARKING time limit on State Street should be
extended northerly of Laguna Drive. Current locations of NO PARKING on State Street north of
Laguna Drive would remain, however.
At the Traffic Safety Commission meeting of April 2, 2001, several individuals spoke in favor of the
time restriction on State Street north of Beech Avenue. By a 4-O vote, the Traffic Safety
Commission recommended that a THREE-HOUR PARKING time limit be established on both sides of State Street from Beech Avenue to Carlsbad Boulevard between the hours of seven a.m.
and 6:00 p.m., except for Sundays and holidays.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Adding approximately 16 THREE-HOUR PARKING signs will cost about $2,000.
EXHIBITS:
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Proposed location of the THREE-HOUR PARKING time limit on State Street.
Existing locations of the THREE-HOUR PARKING time limit in the Village Redevelopment area.
Ordinance No. as 5% A t o establish a THREE-HOUR PARKING time limit on both sides of
State Street from Beech Avenue to Carlsbad Boulevard.
Redline/strikeout version of Ordinance No. AL to establish a THREE-HOUR PARKING time limit on both sides of State Street from Beech Avenue to Carlsbad Boulevard.
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-584
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE IO, CHAPTER
10.40, OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY
THE REVISION OF SECTION 10.40.158 TO ESTABLISH A
THREE-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT ON STATE STREET FROM
BEECH AVENUE TO CARLSBAD BOULEVARD.
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION I: That Title IO, Chapter 10.40 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by
the revision of Section 10.40.158 to read as follows:
“10.40.158 Parkins Time Limit on State Street. There will be
three-hour parking on each side of State Street from Oak Avenue
to Carlsbad Boulevard between the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m. except for Sundays and holidays.”
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption
snd the City Clerk, City of Carlsbad, shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to
)e published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within
ifteen (I 5) days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
9th day of OCTOBER ,2001, and thereafter,
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council
leld on the day of , 2001 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
XAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
ill-EST:
.ORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk (SEAL)
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ORDINANCE NO. d/A
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER
10.40, OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY
THE REVISION OF SECTION 10.40.158 TO ESTABLISH A
THREE-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT ON STATE STREET FROM
BEECH AVENUE TO CARLSBAD BOULEVARD.
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION 1: That Title 10, Chapter 10.40 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended
)y the revision of Section 10.40.158 to read as follows:
“10.40.158 Parkinu Time Limit on State Street. There will be three-hour parkin ate Street from Oak Avenue
to - between the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m. except for Sundays and holidays.”
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption
and the City Clerk, City of Carlsbad, shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to
)e published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within
ifteen (15) days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
day of ,2001, and thereafter,
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council
ield on the of day
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
I 2001 by the following vote, to wit:
XAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
IT-I-EST:
-0RRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk (SEAL)