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Home My WebLink About2016-15 - Amending Section 12.68.060(C) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to Establish a Residential Parking Permit Program for Arbutus Street, Aleppo Street, Alder Place, Almond Place, and Alta Vista Drive between Aleppo Street and Aralia StreetORDINANCE NO. 2016-15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 12.68.060(C) OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM FOR ARBUTUS STREET, ALEPPO STREET, ALDER PLACE, ALMOND PLACE, AND ALTA VISTA DRIVE BETWEEN ALEPPO STREET AND ARALIA STREET WHEREAS, residents and property owners in the area surrounding Corona del Mar High School have expressed concerns about students parking in their neighborhood and impacting parking conditions in the neighborhood streets on days in which school is in session; WHEREAS, on October 22, 2013, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2013- 20, which amended Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC) Section 12.68.060(C) and designated Aralia Street as Preferential Parking Zone "3," thereby limiting parking on Aralia Street to one (1) hour duration on school days between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except by permit; WHEREAS, on August 9, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2016-100 finding that student parking on Arbutus Street, Aleppo Street, Alder Place, Almond Place and Alta Vista Drive between Aleppo Street and Aralia Street creates noise, traffic hazards and other impacts such that parking on those streets is regularly and substantially interfered with by the use of students parking for the purposes of attending Corona del Mar High School between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on days in which school in in session; WHEREAS, by its action in adopting Resolution No. 2016-100 City Council limited the parking of vehicles on Arbutus Street, Aleppo Street, Alder Place, Almond Place and Alta Vista Drive between Aleppo Street and Aralia Street between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on days in which school is in session; WHEREAS, the City recognizes that there will be continued pressure for students to park in the surrounding neighborhood; WHEREAS, the majority of residents adjacent to the streets on which parking is limited pursuant to Resolution No. 2016-100 desire, agree and request preferential parking privileges; WHEREAS, Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 12.68.060 authorizes the City Council to designate certain residential streets or any portion thereof as Preferential Parking Zones for the benefit of residents adjacent thereto, in which zones vehicles displaying a permit may be exempt from parking prohibitions or restrictions otherwise posted, marked, or noticed; and Ordinance No. 2016-15 Page 2 of 3 WHEREAS, the City Council does hereby find that a Preferential Parking Zone for the street where parking is limited between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on days in which school is in session pursuant to Resolution No. 2016-100 is required to enhance and protect the quality of life in the area of Arbutus Street, Aleppo Street, Alder Place, Almond Place and Alta Vista Drive between Aleppo Street and Aralia Street, is desirable in order to alleviate parking impacts resulting from long-term nonresident parking; and necessary to provide reasonably available and convenient parking for the benefit of the adjacent residents. THE CITY COUNCIL OF NEWPORT BEACH DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: Section 12.68.060 C. of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: 12.68.060 C. Zone "3" - Eastbluff. Parking on the following streets shall be limited to one (1) hour duration on school days between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except by permit. 1. Aralia Street 2. Arbutus Street 3. Aleppo Street 4. Alder Place 5. Almond Place 6. Alta Vista Drive between Aleppo Street and Aralia Street Section 2: The recitals provided in this ordinance are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference. Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 4: The City Council finds the approval of this ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Section 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably for20eseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment. Ordinance No. 2016-15 Page 3 of 3 Section 5: Except as expressly modified in this ordinance al other Sections, Subsections, terms, causes and phrases set forth in the Newport Beach Municipal Code shall remain unchanged and shall be in full force and effect. Section 6: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the ordinance, or a summary thereof, to be published in the official newspaper of the City, and it shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption. This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the gth day of August 2016, and adopted on the 13th day of September, 2016, by the following vote, to -wit: AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Council Member Peotter, Council Member Duffield, Council Member Selich, Council Member Petros Mayor Pro Tem Muldoon, Mayor Dixon NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS None ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS Council Member Curry ATTEST: LEILANI I. BROWN, CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ar�'A �Iau AARON C. HARP, CITY ATTORN Y DIANE B. DIXON, MA STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2016-15 was duly and regularly introduced on the gth day of August, 2016, and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 13th day of September, 2016, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Member Peotter, Council Member Duffield, Council Member Selich, Council Member Petros, Mayor Pro Tem Muldoon, Mayor Dixon NAYS: None ABSENT: Council Member Curry IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 14th day of September, 2016. A&- J, - I Leilani I. Brown, MMC City Clerk City of Newport Beach, California (Seal) CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LEILANI I. BROWN, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 2016-15 has been duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City and that same was so published in The Daily Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation on the following dates: Introduced Ordinance: August 13, 2016 Adopted Ordinance: September 17, 2016 1�f_�y In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this I !/7,' day of 1!fGf 2016. - "[ it NA-- Leilani r. Brown, MMC City Clerk City of Newport Beach, California (Seal)