1 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-078
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORONA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING TWO-HOUR
PARKING RESTRICTIONS FOR THE SENIOR CENTER
PARKING LOT
WHEREAS, pursuant to Corona Municipal Code (“CMC”) Section 10.26.020(A), the City Council may, by resolution, prohibit, limit or restrict in any manner the parking of vehicles on property owned or controlled by the City of Corona (“City”) to facilitate the orderly conduct of City or other public business;
WHEREAS, the Corona Senior Center, located at 921 South Belle Avenue (“Senior Center”), which is owned and operated by the City, includes an adjacent off-street parking lot that is intended to provide parking for patrons using the Senior Center, as well as City employees, contractors or other visitors to the Senior Center (“Senior Center Parking Lot”); WHEREAS, approximately 150 patrons attend the Senior Center daily, but the Senior Center Parking Lot has just 39 parking spaces. While street parking and public transportation are available, many patrons have stated that if there is no immediate parking, they prefer to opt out of programs and services for the day; WHEREAS, City staff has discovered that persons other than its intended users are parking in the Senior Center Parking Lot, often for the entire day, which has significantly reduced the number of parking spaces available for the intended users, including Senior Center patrons who have limited mobility; and
WHEREAS, as authorized by CMC Section 10.26.020(A), the City Council desires to limit parking in the Senior Center Parking Lot to a maximum of two (2) hours, Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., unless an Extended Parking Pass is obtained from a Senior Center staff member that authorizes parking for a longer period of time.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Corona, California, as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings. The recitals set forth above are hereby adopted as findings in support of this Resolution.
SECTION 2. Parking Restriction in the Senior Center Parking Lot. Parking in the Senior Center Parking Lot shall be limited to a maximum of two (2) hours, Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., unless an Extended Parking Pass is issued by a Senior Center staff member pursuant to Section 3 below that authorizes parking for a longer period of time. No person shall park a vehicle or allow it to be parked in the Senior Center Parking Lot for a period longer than two (2) hours between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, unless an Extended Parking Pass issued by a Senior Center staff member pursuant to Section 3 below is visibly displayed on the dashboard of the vehicle. The two hour limitation shall apply throughout 2 the Senior Center Parking Lot, such that moving parking spaces within the parking lot shall not avoid the need for the Extended Parking Pass.
SECTION 3. Extended Parking Pass. City staff members employed or working at the Senior Center are authorized to issue an Extended Parking Pass, on a form approved by the Community Services Director, to the following persons who demonstrate a need to park in the Senior Center Parking Lot for a period longer than two (2) hours: (a) patrons of the Senior Center; (b) City employees; or (c) other contractors or visitors to the Senior Center. The Extended Parking Pass shall be valid only on the date(s) indicated on the Extended Parking Pass.
SECTION 4. Signs. The City Council hereby authorizes and directs the City Traffic Engineer, or his or her designee, to install appropriate parking signage at the Senior Center Parking Lot as necessary to implement Section 2 of this Resolution. The enforcement of said parking restrictions shall not become effective until such signage has been installed.
SECTION 5. Violations and Penalties. As authorized by CMC Section
10.26.020(B), any person violating the parking restriction set forth in Section 2 of this Resolution shall be deemed guilty of an infraction, and shall be subject to all applicable penalties or punishments available to the city, including, without limitation, those provided for in CMC Chapter 1.08.
SECTION 6. Enforcement Officer. For purposes of enforcement of this Resolution under CMC Chapter 1.08, City staff members employed or working at the Senior Center are hereby designated as Enforcement Officers, as defined in CMC Section 1.08.120, and are hereby charged with enforcing the parking restriction set forth in Section 2 of this Resolution.
SECTION 7. CEQA Findings. This Resolution is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the common sense rule that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. This Resolution simply establishes parking restrictions for City owned property and there is no possibility that adopting this Resolution will have a significant effect on the environment.
Therefore, no environmental analysis is required.
3 SECTION 8. Effective Date. The Mayor shall sign this Resolution and the City Clerk shall attest thereto, and this Resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 3
rd day of July 2024.
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Mayor of the City of Corona, California
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
4 CERTIFICATION
I, Sylvia Edwards, City Clerk of the City of Corona, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of Corona, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3 rd day of July 2024, by the
following vote of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAINED:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Corona, California this 3
rd day of July 2024.
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City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
(SEAL)