Parking Regulations on City Council Agenda for Monday

The Pasadena City Council is set to pass Monday an ordinance that will update parking regulations in the City, specifically on the operation of parking meters.

The ordinance, which goes through second reading Monday, will amend Title 10 of the Pasadena Municipal Code in consideration of new parking meter technology that now include pay-and-display, pay-by-plate and payment by mobile technology, all of which were not in operation when the current regulations were written.

City Attorney Michele Beal Bagneris said this ordinance pertains only to parking meter operations and only partly addresses amendments to Chapter 10 of the Municipal Code which the City Council approved in January.

“This amendment relating to parking meter operations needs to be addressed promptly, as the new parking meter technology was already in operation in the City,” Bagneris said in an Agenda Report for Monday’s City Council meeting. “A second ordinance will be presented to the City Council regarding the other requested changes.”

Also up for approval on second reading Monday is an ordinance amending the official Zoning Map under Title 17 of the Municipal Code to change the designation for areas generally located on either side of East Colorado Blvd. between North Hill and North Holliston Avenue comprising the Colorado Hill Planned Development. The ordinance will also amend the Zoning Code to create PD-35, the Colorado Hill Planned Development.

The area covered in the amendment is made up of former auto dealer parking lots near the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Hill Avenue. In September last year, the City Council made all findings necessary for Planned Development of the site.

A draft ordinance to amend Title 13 of the Municipal Code pertaining to the City’s Water Waste Prohibitions and Water Supply Shortage Plans will pass through first reading Monday. The amendments are necessary to keep the ordinance in alignment with state requirements.

In 2015, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. called for a 25 percent reduction in urban water use and as a result, the Pasadena City Council called for increased water conservation in the City by implementing the Level 2 Water Supply Shortage Plan on June 1, 2015.

On May 9 last year, Governor Brown signed Executive Order B-37-16 to establish long-term water conservation measures and improve planning for more frequent and severe droughts.

Explaining the benefits of the proposed amendments, the City Attorney said these should enable the Pasadena City Council to make timely adjustments to an ongoing water shortage, reduce administrative burden and costs, and provide additional clarity and alignment with state requirements.

During the City Council meeting, City Transportation Director Fred Dock will report on updates to the proposed 34 bike share station locations in the City for Phase 2 of Metro’s (the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority) Regional Bike Share program.

The proposed locations were discussed during a Transportation Advisory Commission meeting on January 26, where the commission supported recommendations by the staff specifying the station locations and seeking discretion to relocate any of the proposed locations if and when necessary.

Staff from the Transportation Department and Metro have conducted several community engagement sessions and meetings with several community associations to gather inputs before deciding on the bike share locations. The results will be presented for the City Council’s consideration Monday.