Agenda Report
Fullerton Transportation and
Ci
rculation Commission
MEE
TING DATE: MAY 1, 2023
TO: TRANSPORTATION & CIRCULATION COMMISSION
SUBMITTED BY: PUBLIC WORKS/TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISI ON PRE
PARED BY: DAVID ROSEMAN, CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR REPEAL OF THE “EARLY MORNING
PARKING” RESTRICTION - AMERIGE AVENUE
BETWEEN ROOSEVELT AVENUE AND WOODS AVENUE
SUMMARY
Consideration of a resident request to repeal the 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. “Early Morning Parking” restriction on both sides of Amerige Avenue between Roosevelt Avenue and Woods Avenue.
RECOMMENDATION
Concur with the City Traffic Engineer’s recommendation and forward to City Council for approval of an exemption from the “Early Morning Parking” restriction on both sides of Amerige Avenue between Woods Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue, as shown in Exhibit “A” (Attachment 1).
DISCUSSION
Staff received a petition from the residents of Amerige Avenue requesting an exemption from the 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. “Early Morning Parking” restriction on both sides of the street between Roosevelt Avenue and Woods Avenue. The residents living on this stretch of street requested the exemption due to limited on-site parking to accommodate larger families.
Fullerton Municipal Code Section 8.44.080 provides for “Early Morning Parking” exemptions, providing a majority of the property owners on both sides of the street support an exemption and the City considers the area off-street parking deficient. In this case, 63% (ten out of sixteen property owners) on the north side of the street and 71% (twelve out of seventeen property owners) on the south side of the street signed a petition in support of the exemption, as shown in in Exhibit “B” (Attachment 2).
Early Morning Parking - Amerige Avenue
May 1, 2023 - Page 2
Amerige Avenue is an east/west residential street with a prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour. This segment of Amerige Avenue has a curb-to-curb roadway width of 36 feet with one lane of traffic in each direction. On-street parking is allowed on both sides of the street except for the “Early Morning Parking” restriction period between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. In addition to on-street parking during the day, parking in the alleys is also permitted.
This segment of Amerige Avenue consists of single-family homes with a prevalence of small or undersized garages, which constitutes an off-street parking deficiency. Several of the properties, in addition to accessing parking from driveways on Amerige Avenue, have access to parking from alleys to the rear of their properties. It should be noted that the Fullerton Municipal Code does not include alley parking or driveways when assessing a deficiency, only the availability of garage spaces. A home with on-site parking less than a full-size two-car garage would be considered parking deficient. A summary of the on-site garage parking availability by property is as follows:
204 Roosevelt Avenue 1-car garage
815 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
813 Amerige Avenue No garage
809 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
805 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
745 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
7 41 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
737 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
733 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
729 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
725 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
721 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
719 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
715 Amerige Avenue 1-car garage
709 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
201 Woods Avenue 2-car garage (small)
822 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage
814 Amerige Avenue 1-car garage
812 Amerige Avenue 1-car garage
808 Amerige Avenue 1-car garage
804 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
800 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
744 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
740 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
736 Amerige Avenue 1-car garage
732 Amerige Avenue 1-car garage
728 Amerige Avenue 1-car garage
724 Amerige Avenue 1-car garage
720 Amerige Avenue 1-car garage
716 Amerige Avenue 1-car garage
712 Amerige Avenue 2-car garage (small)
119 & 121 Woods Avenue Two 1-car garages
Early Morning Parking - Amerige Avenue
May 1, 2023 - Page 3
Based on the majority support from both sides of the street and the documented parking deficiency, the City Traffic Engineer is recommending approval of the resident request.
All property owners affected by the proposed change were notified by mail of the meeting. At the time of the writing of this report, staff had received no recorded opposition to the proposal. The applicant has paid the non-refundable $523 fee to process this request.
Attachments:
• Attachment 1 - Exhibit “A” Address Map
• Attachment 2 - Exhibit “B” Petition Map
AMERIGE AVENUE ADDRESS MAP
Roosevelt Avenue to Woods Avenue
AƩachment 1 ‐ Exhibit A
COMMONWEALTH AVENUE
AVENUE AMERIGE
ROOSEVELT AVENUE
AVENUE WOODS
JEFFERSON AVE
201
709 721 725 729
708
733 715 719 737 745 805 809 813 741 815
204
822 814 812 808 804 800 744 732 736 740 720 724 728 716 119 712
AMERIGE AVENUE ADDRESS MAP
R
oosevelt Avenue to Woods Avenue
Aachment 2 - Exhibit B
COMMONWEALTH A VENUE
AVENUE AMERIGE
ROOSEVELT AVENUE
AVENUE WOODS
JEFFERSON AVE
201
709 721 725 729
708
733 715 719 737 745 805 809
813 7 41 815
204
822 814 812 808 804 800 744 732 736 740 720 724 728 716 119 712