ORDINANCE NO. 3296-25
AMENDING RBMC SECTION 3-6.03
HERONDO STREET PARKING METERS
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ORDINANCE NO. 3296-25
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER 6, SECTION 3-
6.03 OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO PARKING METER LOCATIONS AND HOURLY
RATES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF NEW PARKING METERS
ON HERONDO STREET BETWEEN NORTH PACIFIC COAST
HIGHWAY AND NORTH FRANCISCA AVENUE, AND
DETERMINING SUCH AMENDMENTS AS EXEMPT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
WHERAS, on June 17, 2025, the City Council authorized installation of additional parking meters along Herondo Street between North Pacific Coast Highway and North Francisca Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the Redondo Beach Municipal Code must be updated to reflect the additional parking meter locations on Herondo Street and the hourly rate for parking.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 3 Public Safety, Chapter 6 Parking Meters, Section 3-6.03, of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
3-6.03 Installation of parking meters—Rates for parking.
Parking meters may be installed in all or any part of the parking meter zones established by this chapter. Each parking meter shall be of such type as to display a signal showing legal parking upon the deposit of payment at the following rates:
(a) Parking at the following locations shall be at the rate of Two and 00/100ths ($2.00) Dollars per hour effective July 1, 2025:
(1) 300 block of South Catalina Avenue;
(2) 100 block of Pearl Street;
(3) 100 and 200 blocks of Avenue I;
(4) 200 block of Avenida del Norte;
(5) 1700 and 1800 blocks of South Elena Avenue;
(6) 200 block of Vista del Mar;
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(7) 1700, 1800 and 1900 blocks of South Catalina Avenue; (8) 100 block of Via Valencia;
(9) Lot 1, the lot bounded by the 1800 block of Camino De La Costa and the 1800 block of South Catalina Avenue and South City limits.
(b) Parking at the following locations shall be at the rate of Two and 00/100ths ($2.00) Dollars per hour effective July 1, 2025:
(1) Riviera Lot, the lot bounded by South Elena Avenue, Avenida del Norte and Via el Prado.
(c) Parking at the following locations shall be at the rate of Two and 00/100ths ($2.00) Dollars per hour effective July 1, 2025:
(1) 300 block of Esplanade;
(2) Herondo Street West of North Pacific Coast Highway
(3) 500, 600, and 700 blocks of North Harbor Drive;
(4) 100, 200, and 300 blocks of North Catalina Avenue;
(5) 100, 200, and 300 blocks of South Catalina Avenue;
(6) Lot 4 on the Southwest corner of Torrance Boulevard and Catalina Avenue; (7) 300 block of George Freeth Way;
(8) Lot 5 located north of Veterans Park, west of Catalina Avenue; (9) The 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, and 1800 blocks of Esplanade;
(10) Lot 13 west of Harbor Drive; and
(11) 300 block of North Francisca Avenue.
(d) The rates at The Pier and Plaza off-street parking structures are set by resolution of the City Council.
(e) Parking devices. The City may use any approved ticket device, ticket machines, gates, pay machines and the like to control parking in any public parking lot. (f) Signs. Signs on each parking lot showing the rate changes shall be changed before any rate change shall become effective.
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(g) Attendants. The City shall be permitted to use parking lot attendants as needed on any or all off-street parking lots. Each parking meter shall be so arranged that, upon the expiration of the parking time, the parking meter will indicate by the showing of a proper signal that the lawful parking period has expired. The parking meters shall be placed upon the curbs alongside of, and next to, the parking spaces. The parking spaces shall be of sufficient size to accommodate an automobile and shall indicate parallel or diagonal parking by painted lines on the pavement. The parking meters for parking spaces adjacent to curbs which the City has or has caused to be painted green may limit parking to the maximum parking time allowed for such curbs.
SECTION 2. INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS. Any provisions of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code, or appendices thereto, or any other ordinances of the City inconsistent herewith, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. SEVERANCE. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. CEQA. This Ordinance is categorically and statutorily exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines because there is no possibility that this Ordinance or its implementation would have a significant negative effect on the environment pursuant to (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3)) and/or is exempt under 14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15273(a)(1) as CEQA does not apply to the establishment, modification, approval of rates, tolls, fares, or other charges when the actions are taken to meet the operating expenses, including employee wages and benefits. City staff shall cause a Notice of Exemption to be filed as authorized by CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines.
SECTION 5. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be published by one insertion in the official newspaper of said city, and same shall go into effect and be in full force and operation from and after thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of August, 2025 __________________________
James A. Light, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
_______________________________ ________________________________ Joy A. Ford, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 3296-25
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HERONDO STREET PARKING METERS
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH )
I, Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 3296-25 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, held on the 5th day of August, 2025, and approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council on the 19th day of August, 2025, and thereafter signed and approved by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, and that said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Eleanor Manzano, CMC
City Clerk