Avenue H Neighborhood
Holiday Lights Event Mitigation
Preferential Parking Permit + Traffic Strategies
Presented to City Council
October 7, 2025
Background • Annual / growing
impacts of Holiday
Light event
• Staff presentation
on September 16
• Avenue H closure
at the Torrance
border
2 Proposed Temporary Zone (TSPP)
• Two-year pilot – Thanksgiving to New Years
• Resident permit parking - 5 PM to 10 PM daily
• Ave H (south side), Massena Dr, and Circle Dr
• Up to (3) permits per residence
• Requires RBMC changes to enact
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No parking on north
side of Ave H if egress
from Torrance
allowed
Up to 3 permits per
dwelling unit in this
neighborhood
Temp “No Parking”
restriction from 5 PM
to 10 PM Daily
TSPP permit holders
exempted from Temp
“No Parking”
restriction
TSPP Concerns
• Residents’ invited guests
• Spillover traffic/parking
• Administrative and enforcement burden
• Managing expectations for enforcement
5 Annual Traffic Mitigation
• Ave H/Doris Way closure at City border
• Traffic warnings / signage
• Wayfinding signs
• Additional trash cans
• Temporary traffic circle
6 Torrance Request
7 • Allow egress - westbound Ave H
• Parking restriction north side Ave H regardless of permit Continue installing these bollards
to prevent access to holiday lights
Forego installing these to
allow egress from Torrance
One Way Closure Concerns
8 • Reliant on visible enforcement (5 hours for 38 days) • Need Firm Commitment from Torrance (MOU)
• Additional traffic on Ave H
RECOMMENDATION
1. Take public input
2. Decide on TSPP
• Approve ordinance - return on 10/14 for adoption
• Modify ordinance - return on 10/14 for first reading
• Do not establish TSPP Program this year
3. Provide direction on Fee for TSPP
4. Approve Modified Ave H closure plan for 2025
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