Agenda Report
Fullerton Transportation and
Circulation Commission
MEETING DATE: MAY 1, 2023
TO: TRANSPORTATION & CIRCULATION COMMISSION
SUBMITTED BY: PUBLIC WORKS/TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVI
SION
PREPARED BY: DAVID ROSEMAN, CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR REPEAL OF THE “EARLY MORNING
PARKING” RESTRICTION - WILSHIRE AVENUE
BETWEEN WOODS AVENUE AND DRAKE 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 Whiting Avenue between Woods Avenue and Drake 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 Wilshire Avenue between Woods Avenue and Drake Avenue, as shown in Exhibit “A” (Attachment 1).
DISCUSSION
Staff received a petition from the residents of Wilshire 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 Woods Avenue and Drake 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, 80% (four out of five property owners) on the north side of the street and 57% (eight out of fourteen 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 - Wilshire Avenue
May 1, 2023 - Page 2
Wilshire Avenue is an east/west residential street with a prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour. This segment of Wilshire 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 Wilshire Avenue consists of single-family homes, some with accessory dwelling units, with small or undersized garages, which constitutes an off-street parking deficiency. Several of the properties, in addition to accessing off-street parking from driveways on Wilshire Avenue, have access to parking from alleys at the rear of their properties. It should be noted that the Fullerton Municipal Code does not include alley parking or driveways when assessing a parking 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:
650 Wilshire Avenue 1-car garage
646 Wilshire Avenue 1-car garage
642 Wilshire Avenue 1-car garage
638 Wilshire Avenue 1-car garage & 2-car garage (small) 634 Wilshire Avenue 2-car garage (small)
630 Wilshire Avenue 1-car garage
626 Wilshire Avenue 1-car garage
622 Wilshire Avenue 2-car garage (small)
620 Wilshire Avenue 1-car garage
616 Wilshire Avenue 2-car garage (small)
612 Wilshire Avenue 2-car garage (small)
608 Wilshire Avenue 1-car garage
6 04 & 604A Wilshire Avenue 1-car garage & 2-car garage (small) 600 & 600A Wilshire Avenue 1-car garage
301 & 301A Drake Avenue 1-car garage
300 & 302 Marwood Ave & 615 Wilshire Three 1-car garages 301 Marwood Avenue 2-car garage (small)
637 Wilshire Avenue 1-car garage
300 Woods Ave/649 Wilshire Avenue 2-car garage
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
WILSHIRE AVENUE ADDRESS MAP
Woods Avenue to Drake Avenue
AƩachment 1 ‐ Exhibit “A”
MARWOOD AVE‐
AVENUE DRAKE
WOODS AVENUE
616 600 604 608 612 620 622 626 630 634 638 642 646 650 637
301
300
301
300
WILSHIRE AVENUE PETITION MAP
Woods Avenue to Drake Avenue
AƩachment 2 ‐ Exhibit “B”
LEGEND
Property Owners in favor of exemption
Property Owners not in favor of exemption
Property Owners with no response
MARWOOD AVE‐
AVENUE DRAKE
WOODS AVENUE
616 600 604 608 612 620 622 626 630 634 638 642 646 650 637
301
300
301
300