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Proposed Permit Parking District -
Lakeview Drive & Cliffview Lane
The requested residential permit parking street is Lakeview Drive located between Edwards Street and Central Park Drive. Lakeview Drive is adjacent to the west side of Huntington Beach Central Park with on‐street parking permitting on the north side only. Figure 1 shows the location of the permit parking district request in the city.
Figure 1. Permit Parking District Request, Lakeview Drive
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Residents on Lakeview Drive are requesting permit parking all day, every day, including holidays due to commuter vehicle parking impacts and related concerns from Huntington Beach Central Park visitors.
The parking impacts and concerns include park users occupying parking all day, creating a situation in which the street cannot be used for parking by residents or their guests, place trash bins on the street on collection days, and noise disturbances from early morning park visitors. Figure 2 shows the requested permit parking areas on Lakeview Drive.
Figure 2. Proposed Permit Parking Areas
As required by regulations of Municipal Code Chapter 10.42, Permit Parking Districts, staff reviewed the request including the boundaries of the permit parking in the neighborhood. Staff made the determination to include Upperlake Circle and Shoreview Circle to vote on the proposal. These streets may be impacted should parking restrictions be implemented on Lakeview Drive and gives an opportunity for these residents to be included in the parking district should interest exist. The code allows staff to modify the boundaries of the proposed parking district and to send notices to the
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additional residents as if included with the initial request. The considered permit parking area as modified is in Figure 3.
Figure 3. Streets Considered for Permit Parking
Ballots were mailed to the property owners and residents to vote on the permit parking proposal. Per code, the property owner has the initial opportunity to vote. In absence of the property owner vote, the vote of the tenant of the property is used. A summary of the results of the returned ballots is in Table 1 and in Figure 4.
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Street Percent Voting “YES” for
Permit Parking
Lakeview Drive 88%
Cliffview Lane 50 %
Upperlake Circle 13 %
Shoreview Circle 27 %
Table 1 ‐ Voting Results for Permit Parking District Proposal
Figure 4. Permit Parking Voting Results.
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Properties fronting Lakeview Drive voted 88% in favor of the request and on Cliffview Lane, 50% voted for permit parking. Shoreview Circle and Upperlake Circle voted 27% and 13%, respectively. Municipal Code requires a minimum of 75% of support for the permit parking district request to move forward for further consideration. The properties along Lakeview Drive individually, and combining Lakeview Drive and Cliffview Lane meet the 75% support criteria with the other streets demonstrating minimal interest in permit parking. Based on the voting results Lakeview Drive and Cliffview Drive was selected to be the permit parking district streets for consideration.
Field observations of parking conditions:
As part of the process for evaluating a residential permit parking district request, staff conducted field investigations of the area to examine the on‐street conditions on Lakeview Drive and Cliffview Lane.
Weekday and weekend conditions were observed on the subject streets. The on‐street parking on the weekend was parking impacted on the northern/eastern portion or Lakeview Drive and the connecting southern portion of Cliffview Lane where nearly all the on‐street parking was occupied. Along the central and southern/western portion of Lakeview Drive parked vehicles were observed with a few remaining on‐street spaces available. During the weekday less on‐street parking occurred compared the weekend with approximately half of the available parking area utilized. Staff observed frequent pedestrian activity with park users crossing the street to access their parked vehicles and included visitors fishing in the lake.
Analysis:
Municipal Code Chapter 10.42 requires staff to determine whether commuter vehicle parking regularly interferes with the use of available on‐street parking, or the unrestricted parking produces health, safety, or welfare concerns. Staff observed parking impacts from commuter vehicles along Lakeview Drive and Cliffview Lane, in particular on the weekend. This observation is consistent with discussions with the requesting residents. Other resident concerns include the early morning and late evening noise disturbances related to the on‐street parking and park use. Although staff did not notice noise disturbances during field evaluations, the issue was mentioned by a few of the requesting residents.
From these observations and discussions with the residents staff can make the finding that the commuter vehicle parking interferes with parking for the residents and guests, and produces sources of health, safety and welfare concerns. The requested parking restriction times are all day, every day, including holidays.
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Section 10.42.040 – E (3) requires that the Director of Public Works must also make the determination that the requested Permit Parking District would not unduly affect other reasonable uses of on‐street parking, including parks, by the public. In this case, the parking is adjacent to a portion of Central Park, but also along the frontage of single family residential homes. Central Park in this area has 2 available parking lots and a moderately large parking area within Central Park Drive within close proximity to the proposed parking district. Public Works consulted with the Director of Community and Library Services to determine whether the proposed permit parking district would unduly affect park use. The Director of Community and Library Services did not believe that the parking district would affect park use in any significant way. Therefore, it was the determination of this analysis that this request does meet the requirements for consideration of a permit parking district.
Staff Recommendation:
Based on staff observations and discussions with the requesting residents, staff recommends establishing a Residential Permit Parking District along Lakeview Drive and Cliffview Lane all day, every day, including holidays. Staff’s opinion is that criteria specified in Municipal Code 10.42, Permit Parking Districts, has been met for creating a new residential permit parking district for City Council consideration. The number of affected properties is twelve (12).