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Planning commission backs removing nonresidential parking requirements in Artesia/Aviation corridor, adds conditions
Summary
The Redondo Beach Planning Commission recommended the City Council eliminate parking minimums for new nonresidential development within the Artesia and Aviation Corridor Area Plan (ACAP) but attached several conditions: parking provided must be behind or under buildings, staff should identify potential city parking locations, and the city should monitor parking impacts and pedestrian improvements.
The Redondo Beach Planning Commission on Sept. 18 voted to recommend that the City Council eliminate parking minimums for new nonresidential development within the Artesia and Aviation Corridor Area Plan (ACAP), while attaching several implementation conditions and reporting requirements.
Planning manager Sean Scully described the recommendation as part of a broader effort to encourage redevelopment and revitalization in the corridor. "The council's direction was they wanted to eliminate parking requirements going forward in the ACAP," Scully said in his presentation, citing data from the ACAP parking utilization study (December 2018) and staff massing/parking modeling.
Staff noted the corridor's private parking lots and on‑street spaces showed occupancy rates well below standard optimization levels during the prior study: about 68% occupancy for on‑street spaces and roughly 50% occupancy in many private lots; by comparison, planners often target roughly 85% utilization for efficient use of available parking.
Commission discussion ranged across implementation details.…
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