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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-07-23; City Council; CS-471; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.40 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 10.40.303 TO RESTR...ORDINANCE NO. CS-471 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.40 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 10.40.303 TO RESTRICT PARKING ALONG THE WEST AND EAST CURB LINES OF BABILONIA STREET, FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF 7151 BABILONIA STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF 7233 BABILONIA STREET BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11 P.M. TO5A.M. WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad has received numerous reports of undesired and illegal behavior on Babilonia Street, including underage drinking, loud music, noise, littering, reckless driving, and drug use, resulting in over 1000 calls for service since January 2022; and WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad has received a petition signed by residents of Babilonia Street requesting nighttime parking restrictions on a portion of Babilonia Street; and WHEREAS, the Carlsbad Police Department met with the owners of the properties located along this portion of Babilonia Street and the owners expressed support for the overnight parking restrictions; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad has determined that it is in the interest of public safety that an overnight parking restriction be implemented on both the west and east sides of Babilonia Street from the south property line of 7151 Babilonia Street to the north property line of 7233 Babilonia Street between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.; and WHEREAS, the City Planner has determined that pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, the proposed action does not qualify as a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and therefore does not require environmental review. NOW, THEREFORE, 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 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by the addition of Section 10.40.303 to read as follows: 10.40.303 Parking restricted on a portion of Babilonia Street. Parking of vehicles is prohibited between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. on both the west and east sides of Babilonia Street from the south property line of 7151 Babilonia Street to the north property line of 7233 Babilonia Street. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance sha ll 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 16th day of J.1!.!y, 2024, and thereafter. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 23rd day of J.1!.!y, 2024, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NAYS: BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, BURKHOLDER, LUNA. NONE. ABSTAIN: NONE. ABSENT: NONE. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ~ ,e. M ~ CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk (SEAL)