vehicle PARKING

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vehicle PARKING

• City Council Workshop September 15, 2008

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Background

• City Council held workshops on October 16, 2007,
  March 18, 2008, and discussed at the regular
  council meeting of April 15, 2008 the issue of
  overcrowded on-street parking which
• Prevents street sweeping
• Prevents police observation of properties
• Masks presence of abandoned/inoperable vehicles
• Harms neighborhood appearance and creates blight
• Jeopardizes neighborhood safety
• City Council directed staff to prepare an
  off-street parking ordinance.
• The Tustin Planning Commission reviewed the draft
  Off-Street Parking Ordinance on May 27, 2008.

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What Led to Neighborhood Problems/Blight
Inoperative Vehicles
Garage
Trash receptacles were pushed onto the street to
allow pick up.

• Inhibits trash collection
• Vehicle repairs done on-street
• Prevent street sweeping

Reduces access to garages Trash/debris piles up
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What Led to Neighborhood Problems/Blight

• Vehicles for Sale

• Recreational Vehicles Storage

Cars for sale
Boat w/trailer
Within a typical city block, 80 of vehicles
parked were FOR SALE
Boats, jet-skis, or other recreational vehicles
are stored on street
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What Led to Neighborhood Problems/Blight
Commercial vehicles are parked on streets

• Businesses utilizing public street
• for commercial vehicles

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WHAT LED TO NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS/BLIGHT
Residential Parking
Garage as Storage
Garage as Recreation Space
Garages are being used as storage or recreation
space
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What Led To Neighborhood Problems/Blight
Residential Parking
Canvas awning used as permanent storage area
Landscape area

• Parking/storage on landscape areas or in front
  yards blocking access to garage(s)

Use of canvas awnings, sunshade, and carport
canopies within the front yard area for parking,
storage, etc.
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WHAT LED TO NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS/BLIGHT
Residential Parking
Concrete paving
Over paving of front yard
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WHAT LED TO NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS/BLIGHT
Garage converted into living space
carport
garage

• 138 condominium unit project in southwest area of
  the City adjacent to single family neighborhoods
• Each unit is required to provide garage and
  carport
• 89 illegal garage conversions exist on the
  project site

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WHAT LED TO NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS/BLIGHT
Blocks emergency vehicles access
Parking spaces not meeting Citys standards
Cars encroach onto drive aisle

• Perimeter parking spaces are substandard and
  cause substandard drive aisle width
• Prevent emergency vehicles from accessing the
  property
• Delivery trucks parking along the drive aisle
  exacerbates current condition

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WHAT LED TO NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS/BLIGHT

• 82 unit apartments in southwest neighborhood
• Approximately 50 of garages are being rented to
  non-residents
• Overflow parking crowded the adjacent street.

Garages rented to residents and non residents
Overflow parking along adjacent street
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What Led To Neighborhood Problems/Blight
Residential Parking
Blocks Sidewalks

• Long-term recreational vehicle parking
• Parking of boats, inoperable vehicles, etc.
• Blocking of sidewalks impact pedestrian safety

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What Led To Neighborhood Problems/Blight

• Garages and accessory structures used as storage
  of hazardous materials within residential
  neighborhood
• Creates safety concerns
• Hazardous materials dangerous to children and
  occupants
• Limits Fire and Police rescue efforts

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What Led To Neighborhood Problems/Blight
Recreational Vehicles Storage
blocks sidewalk
Dominates Streets View

• RV storage poses aesthetic issues to neighbors
  and streetscape
• RV storage poses potential safety issues (i.e. ,
  blocks sidewalk and visibility )

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What Led To Neighborhood Problems/Blight
Recreational Vehicles Storage
Storage dominates front yard street view
Side yard access

• Visible from street and by neighbors
• Can dominate front, side or rear yards or be
  inches from sidewalk
• Considered as blight by neighbors
• Block emergency access to residence/yards

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What Led To Neighborhood Problems/Blight
Recreational Vehicles Storage
Detached Garage
Boat has not been moved for an extended time
Access to garage

• Blocks access to driveways and garage
• RVs not moved for months or years or are in a
  deteriorated condition
• Larger portion of front yard paved instead of
  landscaping

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What Led To Neighborhood Problems/Blight
Recreational Vehicles Storage
Extension cords to home

• Storage Safety Issues RVs usually contains
  combustible fuels (gasoline, propane, etc.).
• When not properly parked, RVs can pose immediate
  threat to pedestrians, children riding bicycles,
  skateboards along sidewalk.
• May cause fire/electrical shortage when illegally
  connected to the homes utility

Awning supports encroach onto sidewalk
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What Led To Neighborhood Problems/Blight
Recreational Vehicles Storage
Owners home
Neighbors home
RVs are heavy and can damage streets and sidewalks
Owners home
Neighbors home

• Typically placed against neighbor property line
  or street - away from owners home
• Can damage public right-of-way

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Recommended Code Amendments

• Consolidate, clarify and strengthen parking and
  driveway regulations, including
• Consolidate parking development standards into
  one Tustin City Code section
• Require residents to park vehicles in garages
• Require that garages be available for parking
• Clarify recreational vehicle storage
• Establish enforceable parking lot design
  standards
• Prohibit canvas awnings, temporary sunshades and
  carport canopies as covered parking
• Clarify regulations related to storage of
  unregistered vehicles, boats, campers, etc.

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Recommended Code Amendments (cont.)

• Restrict RV parking and require screening
• Prevent over paving and preserve landscaping in
  street front yards
• Prohibit the use of canopies or tents as garages
  or carports
• Provide regulations related to storage of
  commercial vehicles (i.e., overnight parking)
• Require commercial parking lots to be used only
  by business owners, tenants and patrons and
  prohibit residential parking.

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Staff Recommendations

• Adopt an ordinance restricting parking on public
  streets during the hours and on the day the
  street is scheduled to be swept
• Residential streets 700 a.m. 1100 a.m.
• Arterial streets 400 a.m. 700 a.m.
• Adopt an ordinance prohibiting parking on the
  following designated arterial streets
• Irvine Blvd between Prospect Avenue Holt Avenue
• Newport Avenue between Sycamore Avenue and First
  Street
• Red Hill Avenue between Sycamore Avenue and
  Mitchell Street and between San Juan Street and
  Bryan Avenue

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Staff Recommendations

• Remove on-street parking on the three major
  arterials Irvine Blvd, Newport Avenue, and Red
  Hill St. to increase roadway capacity.
• Expand the street sweeping program city-wide,
  prohibiting parking during street sweeping hours
  for every street in the city.

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Staff Recommendations

• In conjunction with implementation of stripping
  the arterials of on-street parking, revamp
  existing preferential permit parking procedures
  for single family residential zones. The purpose
  would be to
• Respond to potential spillover parking impacts
  caused by elimination of on-street parking on the
  arterials,
• Respond to pending and future preferential permit
  parking requests from single family neighborhoods
  impacted by adjoining multifamily neighborhoods.

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Staff Recommendations

• In Single Family Residential zones, policies and
  procedures for a preferential permit parking zone
  would include the following
• If desired, a resident would apply for a permit
  parking zone by filing a written request,
  describing evidence that restricted parking is
  necessary. The City Council would make the final
  decision.
• If granted, on-street parking would be restricted
  from 200 a.m. - 600 a.m.
• Residential exemption permits may be granted
  based upon full utilization of on-site garages
  and driveways
• Temporary permits would be granted for overnight
  guests
• Other exemption permits would be granted on a
  case-by-case basis
• All permits in current preferential permit
  parking neighborhoods would be void, and
  residents would need to reapply for new permits
  in compliance with the new policies and
  procedures.

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Staff Recommendations

• In Multiple Family Residential zones, through the
  Neighborhood Improvement Task Force, the City
  will take a proactive approach to determine
  compliance with zoning regulations. Starting
  with the most impacted neighborhoods, the City
  will determine if the residents and property
  owners are using approved and required parking
  spaces and/or garages for their intended
  purposes.
• In Single Family Residential zones, the City will
  take a more proactive approach in responding to
  complaints and insuring required and/or garage
  parking spaces are being used for their intended
  purposes.

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Staff Recommendations

• After one year, staff will return to the City
  Council and report on the success of the program.