HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-07-06; Traffic and Mobility Commission; ; PASEO DEL NORTE AND CAR COUNTRY DRIVE NO PARKING ZONES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6:00 AMItem 2
Meeting Date: July 6, 2020
To: Traffic and Mobility Commission
Staff Contact: Christie Calderwood, Lieutenant
Christie.calderwood@carlsbadca.gov or 760-931-3820
Subject: Amend Carlsbad Municipal Code Sections 10.40.072 and 10.40.073 to
Establish No Parking Zones on Both Sides of Paseo del Norte and Car
County Drive from Cannon Road to the Intersection of Paseo del Norte and
Car Country Drive Between Midnight and 06:00 a.m.
Recommended Action
Introduce an ordinance amending Sections 10.40.072 and 10.40.073 of the Carlsbad Municipal
Code to establish no parking zones between midnight and 06:00 a.m. on both sides of Car
Country Drive and Paseo Del Norte from Cannon Road to the intersection of Paseo Del Norte
and Car Country Drive.
Executive Summary
The Car Country Carlsbad Dealers Association (Association) sent a letter to the Police
Department, dated April 24, 2020, requesting that the current two-hour parking restriction on
Paseo Del Norte and Car Country Drive that the Association had originally requested in 1989 be
amended to prohibit parking between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m.
Discussion
In 1989, at the request of the Car Country Carlsbad Dealers Association, a two-hour parking
zone was established on both sides of Paseo Del Norte and Car Country Drive. The parking
restriction was in effect between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Problems with vehicles parking on the street for long durations prompted the request since
these vehicles caused on-street parking shortages for customers visiting the automobile
dealerships.
In 1993, at the request of the Association, the parking restriction on the easterly and southerly
sides of Car Country Drive was changed to prohibit parking between the hours of midnight and
6:00 a.m. after an amendment was proposed to the City Council due to shortages of employee
parking onsite.
In April 2020, the Association, sent a letter requesting the remaining two-hour parking zone on
the westerly and northerly sides of Car Country Drive and the two-hour parking zone on Paseo
Del Norte from Cannon Road to Car Country Drive be amended to prohibit parking between the
hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m. The letter from the Association, states that the business
landscape has changed significantly since the Association’s initial request for two-hour parking
in 1989, with the number of dealers and the volume of sales increasing drastically in that
period. The letter also advises that the dealerships have created on-lot parking for their
customers and many dealers have invested in off-site parking as well as million-dollar multi-
story parking garages.
This proposed ordinance was also presented to the Carlsbad Municipal Code and City Council
Policy Update Subcommittee. The Subcommittee recommended introduction and adoption of
ordinance.
Fiscal Analysis
Removing and replacing the existing 12 signs to indicate new no parking hours will cost $2,500.
Painted parking space markings on Paseo Del Norte and Car Country Drive will cost $4,000.
Next Steps
Remove and replace signage and implement parking space markings in accordance with
Carlsbad Municipal Code section 10.40.145.
Environmental Evaluation (CEQA)
The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA
Guidelines Section 15301 (c) - minor alteration of existing facilities, including streets, involving
negligible or no expansion of use.
Public Notification
This item was noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for public
review at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1. City Council Ordinance
2. Letter from Car Country Dealers Association dated April 24, 2020
Exhibit 2
ORDINANCE NO. .
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 10.43.072 AND 10.40.073 OF THE
CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH NO PARKING ZONES ON BOTH
SIDES OF PASEO DEL NORTE AND CAR COUNTRY DRIVE FROM CANNON
ROAD TO THE INTERSECTION OF PASEO DEL NORTE AND CAR COUNTRY
DRIVE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF MIDNIGHT AND SIX O’CLOCK A.M.
WHEREAS, there is a two-hour parking restriction on the westerly and northerly sides of Car
Country Drive between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with holidays
excepted, from Auto Center Court to its intersection with Paseo Del Norte; and
WHEREAS, there is a two-hour parking restriction on each side of Paseo Del Norte between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. from Cannon Road to its intersection with Car Country Drive; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad has determined that it is in the interest of the
public and local businesses that the two-hour parking restrictions along Car Country Drive and Paseo
del Norte between Cannon Road and the intersection of Paseo Del Norte and Car County Drive be
replaced with a restriction on parking between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m.;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California,
ordains as follows that:
1. The above recitations are true and correct.
2. That Title 10, Chapter 10.40, Section 10.40.072 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
“10.40.072 Parking restricted on Paseo Del Norte.
A. There will be no parking on both sides of Paseo del Norte between midnight and
6:00 a.m, seven days a week, from Cannon Road to its intersection with Car County
Drive.
B. There will be no parking on both sides of Paseo del Norte from Poinsettia Lane
southerly to the Sea Cliff entrance gate.
C. There will be no parking on both sides of Paseo Del Norte between midnight and
5:00 a.m., seven days a week, from Poinsettia Lane to Camino de las Ondas.”
3. That Title 10, Chapter 10.40, Section 10.40.073 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
Exhibit 2
“10.40.073 Parking restricted on Car Country Drive.
There will be no parking on both sides of Car Country Drive between the hours of
midnight and 6:00 a.m, seven days a week, from Cannon Road to its intersection with
Paseo Del Norte.”
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the City
Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary
of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the ______
day of __________, 2020, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the __ day of ________, 2020, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
_________________________________
CELIA A. BREWER, City Attorney
_________________________
MATT HALL, Mayor
_________________________
BARBARA ENGLESON, City Clerk
(SEAL)
Exhibit 2
Exhibit 2