9/17/2024
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COASTAL ELEMENT
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH GENERAL PLAN
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Table C-3 to be modified at a later date pursuant to July 10, 2024 CCC Suggested Modification No. A.4 as soon as the parking information is available.
TABLE C-3
Public Parking Opportunities within Coastal Divisions
Coastal
Zone Division
(Figure C-4)
Parking
Location
Free
Parking
Spaces
Metered
Parking
Spaces
Total
Parking
Spaces Comments
Zone 1 PCH (on-street)*
Peter’s Landing
HH Yacht Club
Sunset Beach*
300
630
672
76 300
630
76 672
$1.00/hour
4 hr. maximum
Zone 2 Bolsa Chica State
Beach
PCH (on-street)
2200
324
2200
324
$5.00/day
$1.50/hour
Zone 3 PCH (on-street)
Surf Theatre Lot
260
39 260
39 $1.50/hour
Permit Only
Zone 4 Pier Plaza
Main Promenade
PCH (on-street)
Business Streets
Residential Streets
City Beach Lot
City Beach Lot
Pierside Pavilion**
Plaza Almeria**
The Strand**
421
815
486
206
218
250
1813
283
171
410
421
815
486
206
218
250
1813
283
171
470
(includes
valet spaces)
$1.50/hour
$2.00/
Hour ($12.00
daily
maximum)
$1.50/hour
$1.50/hour
$1.50/hour
$1.50/hour
($12.00 daily
maximum)
$10.00/day
$3.75/hour
($11.25 daily
maximum)
$2.00/hour
($15.00 daily
maximum)
$2.00/hour
($12.00 daily
maximum)
Zone 5 HB State Beach
PCH/River (inland)
PCH/River (ocean)
Beach Blvd. (1600’
inland)
Newland to channel
Magnolia to channel
Brookhurst to
channel
Magnolia Tank Farm:
110
75 75
81 22
1200
83 1200
110
75 83
75 81
22 $5.00/day
$1.50/hour
COASTAL ELEMENT
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH GENERAL PLAN
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- Onsite loop
road
- West side of
Magnolia from
Banning to
Ascon
Ascon:
- West side of
Magnolia
- South side of
Hamilton
30 31
40 25
30 31
40 25
To be updated
pursuant to
7/10/2024 CCC
action as soon
as parking
information
becomes
available.
TOTAL 1,965 9,345 11,370
Note: *Most or all located outside of the City’s Coastal Zone boundary. **Privately operated parking structures available for public use. Rates for summer months and valet vary.
Commercial Parking
Much emphasis has been placed on providing adequate parking for commercial facilities in the Coastal Zone to ensure that commercial parking demands do not negatively impact recreational beach user parking. This issue was especially significant when planning for the re-development of the City’s Downtown area into a dense node of visitor serving commercial facilities. The unique parking issues of the Downtown area had been resolved through the development and implementation of the Downtown Huntington Beach Parking Master Plan (see Technical Appendix). The Downtown Huntington Beach Parking Master Plan, a component of the Downtown Specific Plan, was adopted in 1993 and providesd for shared parking facilities including on-street parking, lots and nearby municipal parking structures. In 2009, the Downtown Specific Plan was updated to accommodate for new development within the downtown area. Part of the update process was the elimination of the Downtown Parking Master Plan, which had reached established development thresholds. Although the Downtown Parking Master Plan was eliminated, the downtown still employs a shared parking concept and the Downtown Specific Plan has added other tools for managing the parking demand of existing and future downtown development such as a trolley, a shuttle to remote lots and a parking directional sign system. Other commercial areas within the City’s Coastal Zone, but outside the downtown area, meet their parking needs through implementation of the City’s Zoning Ordinance.
Adequate parking must be provided on site at the time of development. Shared parking is permitted on a case by case basis, if justified.
Residential Parking
Residential uses within the Coastal Zone are required to provide parking facilities on-site. In some areas of the Coastal Zone, residents may purchase parking permits to exempt them from parking time limits and/or metered parking. Certain residents also have the opportunity to purchase parking stickers that permit them to park in areas where the general public is not permitted. However, Coastal Element policy prohibits the establishment of new preferential parking districts whenever public access to the coast would be adversely affected.
Trails and Bikeways
Bicycling provides both recreation and an alternative mode of transportation to access the City’s coastal resources. The City’s bikeway program is one of the most extensive in Orange County