City of Huntington Beach
Oak View Pilot Parking Program (OV3P) Guidelines
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
In the City of Huntington Beach , certain residential areas are more heavily impacted by the shortage of on-street parking spaces caused mainly by housing type and occupancy density. One such area includes the Oak View neighborhood, which is primarily comprised of multi-family residential buildings and has the highest levels of overcrowding in the City with 38 percent of renter households labeled as “severely overcrowded” (more than 1.51 persons per room). In comparison, just 2 percent of the City and 7 percent of Orange County are considered severely overcrowded. This density has contributed to insufficient parking throughout the neighborhood whereby residents are required to spend considerable time searching for an available space.
As such, the City of Huntington Beach has established the Oak View Pilot Parking Program (OV3P) to help alleviate this issue within the neighborhood.
The OV3P will provide limited parking relief to the Oak View community over a one-year trial period. The City has partnered with Onni Group to provide low-cost parking spaces in a private parking garage located on the northwest corner of Oak View . Residents with a valid permit will be able to utilize the parking spaces during specified hours to reduce the burden of locating on -street parking during peak residential use.
PROGRAM DETAILS
During the first year of this pilot program, from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023, fifty (50) designated parking spaces will be made available by lottery to qualified residents of the Oak View community in a parking garage located at 7842 Warner Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA, 92647. Participating residents will contribute $10 per month to secure a parking space.
REQUIREMENTS
Eligibility
Residents who live within the closed boundary of Warner Avenue, Beach Boulevard, Talbert Avenue and Gothard Street are eligible to apply for a permit (up to 1 per household). Residents must provide proof of residency. See Exhibit A for a map.
Licensed drivers of vehicles registered in that household are eligible to apply for a permit which is available on a lottery basis. If a vehicle is not registered to a household within th e approved boundary, a resident can also provide proof of insurance that includes the relevant address as an alternative.
The City will not issue permits for large, oversized vehicles such as tractor or other trailers, recreational vehicles, or towable trailers.
The City will not issue permits for non-operational vehicles. To receive a permit, an applicant must show proof that the following requirements are met:
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o Residency at an address within the program boundary;
o Current vehicle registration to the applicant at that address; o Current vehicle insurance policy; and
o A completed user agreement stating that the participant will abide by the rules and requirements of the Oak View Pilot Parking Program.
Maximum Number of Permits
Due to the limited number of available parking spaces, permits will be limited to one per household .
However, if there are more spaces than demand, the Program will consider providing permits to more than one vehicle per household.
GOOD NEIGHBOR PRACTICES
The City of Huntington Beach created the OV3P to help increase parking stock within the Oak View community. Further cooperation among neighbors will allow the program to be more successful. It is up to everyone, both residents and City staff, to help contribute to parking solutions. Therefore, the City asks for neighborhood help in implementing Good Neighbor Practices to encourage neighbors to participate in the process of reducing the parking burden felt by the community.
Good Neighbor Requests for Residents
1. Off-street, on-site parking supply shall be used efficiently for parkin g. Examples of non -efficient use include not utilizing garage space(s) and driveways for parking. All residents must demonstrate and self-certify that they are using all on -site parking, for parking vehicles, to be eligible to participate in the OV3P.
2. Program participants shall not double park in the allocated spaces.
3. Program participants shall abide by the parking provisions (hours and location) outlined in ‘Program Details’.
4. Program participants shall not leave inoperable vehicles in the garage.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
The Processing Queue
City staff will generally process permit requests on a lottery basis.
Revocation
A parking permit shall be subject to revocation if (i) a permit holder commits two (2) or more violations of any provision of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code, the California Vehicle Code or the California Penal Code during the exercise of permit parking privileges in a c ontinuous six (6) month period. Upon determining that grounds for permit revocation exist, City staff shall furnish written notice of the proposed revocation to the permit holder and inform them they can request further review within fifteen (15) calendar days of the postmarked date on the notice. If the request for a review is filed within fifteen City of Huntington Beach
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(15) calendar days of mailing of the notice, the City shall transmit the request to the City Manager’s Office (CMO) to conduct the review . During the review , the permit holder shall be entitled to speak with the CMO in supp ort of his or her request to maintain the permit. Within ten (10) calendar days after the review, the CMO shall decide whether the grounds for revocation exist. If grounds for revocation exist, the CMO shall revoke the permit, specifying in writing the grounds upon which the permit is revoked.
Notice of the decision of the CMO shall be given in writing to the permit holder and considered final.
CONTACT US
For more information about this program, please contact:
City of Huntington Beach
Attn: City Manager’s Office
2000 Main Street, 4th Floor
Huntington Beach, CA 90720
[email protected]
(714) 536-5553