Agenda Item: 9
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
DATE: October 25, 2022
SUBJECT: ESTABLISH A NO STOPPING ANY TIME ZONE ON THE NORTH
SIDE AND SOUTH SIDE OF MAGIC MOUNTAIN PARKWAY
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Joel Bareng
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council:
1. Adopt a resolution to establish a 2,650-foot No Stopping Anytime zone on the north side of Magic Mountain Parkway, and a 1,500-foot No Stopping Anytime zone on the south side of Magic Mountain Parkway, between Tourney Road and Fairways.
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
BACKGROUND
Magic Mountain Parkway is classified as a major arterial in the City's General Plan Circulation Element. It is currently striped with six lanes (three lanes each way). Portions of Magic Mountain Parkway between Tourney Road and Fairways, currently have unpaved shoulders with no curb, gutter, or sidewalk. As a result, the sections without curbs are often used for overnight and longer-term parking for big rigs trucks, and abandoned vehicles. This section of Magic Mountain Parkway has been the subject of numerous public complaints regarding truck parking and has been an ongoing code enforcement issue for many years. Parking is generally prohibited on all improved arterials within the City.
No Parking Any Time zones currently exist on Magic Mountain Parkway 520 feet west of Fairways (north side), 725 feet west of Fairways (south side), and 905 feet east of Tourney Road (south side). The recommended action item would fill the gaps and provide continuous No Stopping Any Time zones along the north side and south side of Magic Mountain Parkway, between Tourney Road and Fairways.
The City is currently preparing plans for the full build-out of this arterial roadway. Establishing a No Stopping Anytime zone will prepare this section of Magic Mountain Parkway for these future improvements.
The proposed No Stopping Any Time zone will affect 2,650 feet of parking on the north side of Magic Mountain Parkway and 1,500 feet of parking on the south side of Magic Mountain Parkway (Exhibits 1 and 2). The only businesses fronting this section of Magic Mountain Parkway are located along Wayne Mills Place and have adequate on-site parking. Field observations have confirmed that on-street parking is only used for overnight and long-term heavy vehicle parking and stored vehicles.
Additionally, Magic Mountain Parkway is one of the gateway corridors into the City. Addressing the issue of truck parking along Magic Mountain Parkway with the recommended No Stopping Any Time zones will enhance the City Council's efforts to reduce the visual nuisance of stored and abandoned vehicles on Magic Mountain Parkway.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Adequate funds are available in Street Maintenance Traffic Signs expenditure account 2304504- 514108 to support the recommended action.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
Magic Mtn Pkwy Proposed No-Stopping Zones - Exhibit 1
Magic Mtn Pkwy Proposed No-Stopping Zones - Exhibit 2