PLEASE ACT
NOW TO SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF VENICE
RESIDENTS TO IMPLEMENT OVERNIGHT RESTRICTED PARKING ON THEIR BLOCK!
Four years ago we started the process to win the the right for Venice residents to
implement Overnight Restricted Parking (OPD) on their blocks.
Now, the City of Los Angeles’ application for a Coastal Development Permit for OPDs will be before the California Coastal Commission on Thursday, June 13, at 8:30 AM at the Long Beach City Council chambers. This action will settle the lawsuit the VSA brought against the Commission for its earlier denial of an OPD for Venice.
Even if your street does not currently have a problem with
non-resident cars taking up parking, we ask that you support your neighbors in other
areas of Venice
who continue to face a lack of parking at night. OPD will allow residents to park closer to
their homes and increase public safety in general.
PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING:
1. If you have not received a
pre-addressed postcard supporting OPD to mail to the Commission, call 310 392
4843 or send an email to venicestakeholders@ca.rr.com
to pick up a postcard.
2. Email this message to: Jack
Ainsworth at jainsworth@coastal.ca.gov
“I am a Venice resident and I support Overnight Restricted Parking
(OPD) for Venice.”
3. If you have a
moment, write a letter to the Commission explaining the parking issues on your
block that overnight restricted parking would address:
Members of the California Coastal Commission
200 Oceangate, 10th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802-4416
Long Beach, CA 90802-4416
4. Speak in favor
of OPD at the Commission’s hearing on Thursday, June 13, at 8:30 AM at the
Long Beach City Council chambers at 333 West Ocean Boulevard.
Background:
The Venice Stakeholders Assn. and the
City have reached a settlement with the California Coastal Commission staff
that will allow Venice
residents to implement overnight restricted
parking (OPD) on their streets. The
Coastal Commission must formally approve the settlement at their June meeting
on the 13th.
How OPDs work: If residents
on your block petition by a two-thirds majority, the City will post signage
that will limit parking from 2 AM to 5 AM to residents and their guests who
have a permit. Annual permits are $15; temporary four month permits for
visitors are $10; and nightly permits (for late night parties, etc.) are
$1.
With the “No Oversize Vehicle”
signage, we found that those in campers and RVs won’t park in a street space in
the early evening if they cannot spend the entire night in that space. We
expect the OPD signs to work the same way, encouraging non-residents to seek
out other parking in the early evening instead of parking in front of our homes
at night (which is also a noise problem when non-residents leave
bars/restaurants late at night).
The settlement in the OPD lawsuit basically assures the Coastal Commission that hundreds of empty
parking spaces near the beach will continue to be available to early morning
visitors by exempting from OPD eligibility certain metered spaces and street
spaces in front of government/commercial uses within three blocks of the beach.
Under the settlement, the City also agrees to accelerate the installation of
bike lanes and to open six City owned parking lots for early morning visitors,
freeing up hundreds of spaces for visitors.
If you have any questions, please call Venice Stakeholders Association at (310) 392
4843 or email venicestakeholders@ca.rr.com.
Thank you for helping improve our community.
