Title
Introduce, waive reading and adopt an urgency ordinance creating a "no parking $250 fine tow away" zone along portions of Scenic Drive in the unincorporated area in the Carmel Point area near the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, and authorizing the County Administrative Officer to enter into an agreement with the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea for its police department to enforce the regulation (4/5ths vote required).
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors introduce, waive reading and adopt an urgency ordinance creating a "no parking $250 fine tow away" zone along portions of Scenic Drive in the unincorporated area in the Carmel Point area near the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, and authorizing the County Administrative Officer to enter into an agreement with the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea for its police department to enforce the regulation (4/5ths vote required).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The area along Scenic Drive around Carmel Point in the unincorporated area near the City of Carmel-by-the Sea is a residential area that is a popular location for people to visit, walk, and view the beach for recreation. This attraction has created an safety problem: people ignore the existing "no parking" signs and park in such a way along Scenic Drive as to block travel lanes, residential driveways, and sight distance, causing hazards to the public otherwise travelling along the roads and contributing to unsafe turn movements, posing access constraints for emergency responders, and endangering pedestrian and bicycle traffic. These problems have become more urgent as the County progresses through the "tiers" of the State's Blueprint for a Safer Economy and travel restrictions are lifted as more visitors come to the County and visit the location.
Public Works, Facilities and Parks staff has identified that the most impacted areas along Scenic Road are from Santa Lucia Avenue to Carmelo Street, near the entrance to the parking lot at Carmel River State ...
Click here for full text