ORDINANCE NO. 3297-25
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 7,
ARTICLE 3 OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING PREFERENTIAL PARKING TO ADD SECTION 3-
7.1707 REGARDING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR TEMPORARY
SEASONAL PREFERENTIAL PARKING
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach (“City Council”) to help ease year-end holiday traffic and residential parking issues within the City of Redondo Beach that is associated with Seaside Ranchos Holiday Lights events occurring in the City of Torrance; and
WHEREAS, existing Redondo Beach Municipal Code regarding Preferential Parking does not accommodate temporary seasonal preferential parking; and WHEREAS, the City of Redondo Beach desires to allow temporary seasonal preferential parking for the City of Redondo Beach residents living in the residential area adjacent to the Seaside Ranchos Holiday Lights events occurring within the City of Torrance; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 7, Article 3, Section 3-7.1707 is hereby added to the Redondo Beach Municipal Code and to read as follows:
“3-7.1707 Pilot Program for Temporary / Seasonal Preferential Parking . (a) Purpose. To address the holiday traffic and residential parking issues that occur on an annual basis associated with the Seaside Ranchos Holiday Lights events occurring within the City of Torrance, the Redondo Beach City Council has established as a pilot program, a Temporary Seasonal Preferential Parking program, which is not subject to the requirements of Sections 3-7.1701 through 3-7.1706. This pilot program shall assist in mitigating the nuisances and traffic circulation concerns of the adjacent Redondo Beach neighborhood.
(b) Establishment. A temporary and seasonal preferential parking zone (“TSPP Zone”) is hereby established along the 1000 Block of Avenue H and the entirety of Massena Avenue and Circle Drive.
(c) Duration. The TSPP Zone shall only be in effect between November 28, 2025 through January 4, 2026, and November 27, 2026 through January 3, 2027. (d) Time. The TSPP Zone shall only be in effect between the hours of 5 PM and 10 PM each day during the dates specified in Section 3-7.1707(c). (e) Preferential Parking Permits.
(1) Residents living within the TSPP Zone are entitled to submit an application to the Redondo Beach Police Department for a preferential parking permit for each vehicle owned or leased by the resident and which shall be properly registered to an address located within the TSPP Zone.
(2) Applicants for preferential parking permits shall present such proof, as may be required by the Police Department, of their residence within the TSPP Zone. (3) A maximum of three preferential parking permits shall be issued for each address located in the TSPP Zone.
(4) Each preferential parking permit shall be associated with the license plate for the permitted vehicle.
(5) Preferential parking permits shall be placed on the vehicle in the manner directed by the preferential parking permit.
(6) Each preferential parking permit shall be subject to all conditions and restrictions set forth in this section and of the TSPP Zone. The issuance of such permit shall not be construed to be a permit for, or approval of, any violation of any provisions of this Code or any other laws or regulations, e.g., street sweeping restrictions. All rules and regulations of the California Vehicle Code still apply. (f) The cost of each preferential parking permit shall be waived, unless otherwise set by resolution of the City Council.
(g) Prohibitions.
(1) No vehicle shall be parked or stopped adjacent to any curb within the TSPP Zone in violation of any posted or noticed prohibition or restriction unless exempted by issuance of the preferential parking permit. All vehicles stopped or parked in the TSPP Zone shall prominently display an unexpired preferential parking permit in a manner provided on the preferential parking permit.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to sell, rent or lease, or cause to be sold, rented or leased, for any value or consideration, any preferential parking permit. Upon conviction of a violation of this section, all preferential parking permits issued to or for the benefit of the dwelling unit to which the sold, rented or leased preferential parking permit is authorized shall be null and void.
(3) It is unlawful for any person to buy or otherwise acquire for value or use any preferential parking permit for the TSPP Zone, except as provided for in this section. (4) A violation of any provision of Section 3-7.1707 shall be punishable as an infraction as provided by the provisions of Chapter 2, Title 1, of this Code. (h) The following vehicles shall be exempted from the parking and stopping restrictions of Section 3-7.1707(g):
(1) Private, municipal, or publicly owned utility vehicles engaged in authorize work within the temporary preferential parking zone;
(2) Motor vehicles owned by or operated under contract to a governmental agency, when used in the course of official government business; (3) Emergency vehicles.”
SECTION 2. INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS. Any provisions of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code, or appendices thereto, to any other ordinances of the City inconsistent herewith, to the extent of such inconsistences 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. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be published by one insertion in the official newspaper of said city or published in conformance with the alternative publication requirements pursuant to Redondo Beach City Charter §9.15 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.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of October, 2025. ________________________________
James A. Light, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Joy A. Ford, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk
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. 3297-25 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 7th day of October, 2025 and approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 21st day of October, 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