City Council Memorandum
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: JANUARY 27, 2026 FROM: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WARD: 5 SUBJECT: ESTABLISHMENT OF A TIMED PREFERENTIAL PARKING ZONE ON OUIDA DRIVE - RESOLUTIONS ISSUE:
Establishment of a Timed Preferential Parking Zone (PPZ) on Ouida Drive from Monroe Street to Shelby Drive.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council adopt a resolution to establish a “No Parking between the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. Daily, with Preferential Permit Parking for residents” zone on both sides of Ouida Drive from Monroe Street to Shelby Drive.
BOARD RECOMMENDATION:
On December 3, 2025, the Transportation Board (Board) reviewed this matter; all eight members were present. The Board voted unanimously to recommend the establishment of the proposed Preferential Parking Zones (PPZs) on both sides of Ouida Drive from Monroe Street to Shelby Drive.
BACKGROUND:
The City’s Preferential Parking Program is a neighborhood-driven program which enables eligible residential neighborhoods continually impacted by outside parking sources to pursue establishment of Preferential Parking Zones (PPZs). PPZs limit the impacts of outside source parking and increase availability of on-street parking for residents by providing permits to residents and their guests and requiring that a valid permit be displayed in vehicles parked on street within the PPZ during restricted days and times.
Establishment of a PPZ requires submission of a petition from immediately impacted residents showing support from a minimum of seventy-five percent (75%) of residents for the proposed PPZ. Once petition criteria have been met, the proposal is scheduled for consideration by the Transportation Board which makes a recommendation to the City Council regarding the matter.
DISCUSSION:
The Public Works Department received resident reports of continued impacts from overflow parking on Ouida Drive predominantly from the nearby apartment complex (Lorraine Terrace Apartments) located on Monroe Street north of Ouida Drive and requested the ability to petition again for establishment of a Timed No Parking Preferential Parking Zone (PPZ). A new petition from ninety-four percent (94%) (16 or 17 properties noting that 1 property is vacant) of residents on Ouida Drive from Monroe Street to Shelby Drive requesting establishment of a Timed PPZ was submitted.
Residents indicate that outside source parking is continuing to limit the availability of on-street parking opportunities for residents and their guests, restricting their ability to place their trash cans out for service, impacting ingress and egress from their properties due to parking close to or blocking residential driveways, creating noise at late and early morning hours, resulting in trash and debris being left by those parking on their block, and generating repeat 72-Hour, red curb, and fire hydrant related parking violations.
Monroe Street, abutting the Lorraine Terrace Apartments, has a No Parking Entire Block restriction on the west side of the street due to the limited roadway width and thus limits the on-street parking availability to the east side of the street only.
If the proposed permit parking zone is approved on Ouida Drive, overflow parking from the Lorraine Terrace Apartments may be displaced further south on Monroe Street south of Ouida Drive and potentially within the Larking Court cul-de-sac.
Residents are requesting that the proposed Timed PPZ be in effect from early evening hours starting at 4:00 p.m. overnight until 10:00 a.m. when their on-street parking needs are heaviest and when they are most affected by outside source parking. The proposed Timed PPZ would allow for unrestricted parking (with the exceptions of posted street sweeping restrictions, red curb, fire hydrants and all other Riverside Municipal Code (RMC) and California Vehicle Code (CVC) regulations) outside of the posted PPZ restricted time frame.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total fiscal impact of this action is estimated to be $800. Funds are budgeted and available in the General Fund, Streets Maintenance, Signing Supplies account number 4110100-424143, to cover the cost of sign fabrication.
Prepared by: Philip Nitollama, City Traffic Engineer Approved by: Nathan Mustafa, Interim Public Works Director Certified as to
availability of funds: Julie Nemes, Interim Finance Director Approved by: Kris Martinez, Assistant City Manager
Approved as to form: Rebecca McKee-Reimbold, Interim City Attorney Attachments:
Resolution
Site Map
Aerial Map
Transportation Board Meeting Minutes – December 3, 2025 Presentation
Establishment of a Timed Preferential Parking Zone on Ouida Drive – Resolution Page 2