ORDINANCE NO. 3313-26
AMENDING RBMC SECTION 3-6.03
PARKING METER HOURLY RATES FY26-27
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ORDINANCE NO. 3313-26
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL 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
HOURLY RATES
WHERAS, on June 16, 2026, the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, adopted the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 operating budget; and WHEREAS, the City Council recommended an increase to the hourly rate of parking meters of $0.25 cents per hour effective Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
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 25/100ths ($2.25) Dollars per hour effective August 20th, 2026:
(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;
(7) 1700, 1800 and 1900 blocks of South Catalina Avenue; (8) 100 block of Via Valencia;
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(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 25/100ths ($2.25) Dollars per hour effective August 20th, 2026:
(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 25/100ths ($2.25) Dollars per hour effective August 20th, 2026:
(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.
(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 ORDINANCE NO. 3313-26
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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. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance, or a summary of this ordinance, shall be published at least once in the City’s official newspaper within 15 days from and after the date of adoption; or published in conformance with the alternative publication requirements pursuant to the Redondo Beach City Charter Section
9.15 by posting the ordinance in at least three public places in the City as designated by the Council and posted on the City’s online website or publicly available City-controlled internet site in lieu of publication if the ordinance solely pertains to the municipal affairs of the city, and same shall go into effect and be in full force from and operation from thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of July, 2026 __________________________
James A. Light, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
_______________________________ ________________________________ Joy A. Ford, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 3313-26
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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. 3313-26 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, held on the 7th day of July, 2026, 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 21st day of July, 2026, 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