Agenda Item: 9
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
DATE: January 28, 2025
SUBJECT: ESTABLISH NO STOPPING ZONES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
OAKHURST DRIVE, SOUTH OF DOCKWEILER DRIVE
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Joel Bareng
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council:
1. Adopt a resolution to establish a 115-foot and a 255-foot No Stopping Any Time zones on the north side of Oakhurst Drive, south of Dockweiler Drive.
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clarita (City) received a request by residents to investigate the impacts of parked vehicles on traffic circulation at the curvature of Oakhurst Drive between Dockweiler Drive and Oakleaf Canyon Drive. Oakhurst Drive is a residential street with houses fronting the south side of the street only. Currently, there is an existing 30-foot No Stopping Any Time zone on the north side of the street for community mailboxes approximately 645 feet south of Dockweiler Drive.
Staff conducted a field review and determined parked vehicles on the north side of the road make it challenging for two-way traffic to navigate this curved section of the roadway because traveling vehicles could cross into the oncoming traffic lane to avoid parked vehicles. It was determined that expanding No Stopping Any Time zones will improve traffic safety and circulation. The proposed segments listed below and shown in the attached location map:
• North side of Oakhurst Drive from 530 feet south of Dockweiler Drive to 645 feet south connecting to the existing 30-foot No Stopping Any Time zone (645 feet south to 675 feet south of Dockweiler Drive)
• North side of Oakhurst Drive from 720 feet south of Dockweiler Drive to 975 feet south.
In addition, a double yellow center line will be installed in this section to clearly identify roadway lanes. Staff contacted the homeowner’s association management company for this community by phone and in writing and received a favorable response for creating the No Stopping Any Time zones.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The resources required to implement the recommended action are contained within the City of Santa Clarita's adopted Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget; funds are available in expenditure account 2304504-514108 (Street Maintenance/Traffic Signs and Markings).
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
Location Map