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Council approves Franklin Avenue preferential parking district with delayed implementation and DOT review
Summary
The City Council approved a residential preferential parking district north of Franklin Avenue with hours restricted 9 p.m. to 8 a.m., directed diagonal parking be installed on Chula Vista before implementation and asked the Department of Transportation to review the district within six months.
The Los Angeles City Council approved a preferential residential parking district for the neighborhood north of Franklin Avenue after hearing merchants, residents and neighborhood groups debate the proposal's effects on local businesses and parking access.
The action: The council approved the Department of Transportation recommendation for a residential parking district with restrictions from 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. and two-hour parking available to all from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., subject to installing diagonal parking on Chula Vista between Canyon and Cherimoya and delaying implementation until that diagonal parking is in place. The motion required and received a recorded tally of 14 ayes.
What supporters said: Business owners and merchants on the Franklin strip, including Susan Mindell Polifronio, said two-hour daytime parking on adjacent residential blocks is needed to keep small shops viable and recommended flexible hours or sided-based compromises. Roxanna Tynan of the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy described negotiated community benefits for a nearby redevelopment project and urged solutions that preserve small-business jobs.
What residents said: Several residents and neighborhood organizations, including Fran Reichenbach of the Beechwood Canyon Neighborhood Association and Rob Nudelman of Hollywood Heritage, supported the parking district to protect residents who said they lacked places to park after nightlife on the strip. Some business representatives said past valets and promises of off-street parking had not been honored and asked the council to secure parking lots before restrictions took effect.
Implementation and review: DOT said the district would not be effective until about March 12, 2002 (the date DOT circulated for the Chula Vista diagonal parking installation) and asked for a six-month follow-up report to the council on the district's effects.
Ending: The council approved the compromise package that aims to balance resident access and commercial activity and instructed DOT to work with the council office to implement diagonal parking and report back within six months.
