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Council directs staff to loosen downtown meter limits, restrict employee permits to Lot C top level and report back
Summary
Hermosa Beach moved to extend downtown parking meter limits from three to six hours, directed employee monthly permits to be limited to the upper level of Lot C, and asked staff to report usage and cleaning data — unanimous action to balance business access and resident concerns.
Hermosa Beach’s City Council on Feb. 25 directed staff to lift the existing three-hour maximum parking restriction at several downtown parking lots and extend the allowable single‑session parking to six hours, with a follow-up report on usage and cleaning schedules.
Council also directed staff to continue encouraging employees to use Lot C rather than on‑street meter spaces and to restrict employee monthly permits to the top level of Lot C. The council asked staff to prepare a data-driven report on parking transactions, sweeping schedules and utilization so members could evaluate whether the downtown lots should be closed for limited overnight hours for maintenance.
Public Works staff told the council Lot A (39 spaces), Lot B (35 spaces) and Lot C (299 spaces) were previously 24‑hour lots before the pandemic; the city adopted a three-hour limit during COVID. Staff reported utilization has declined slightly in recent years and that Lot C currently carries most long‑term parking. The council’s direction was to change the meters to a six‑hour maximum and to place employees primarily on the upper level of Lot C, keeping customer parking closer to businesses.
Council members asked for further operational details, including the frequency of sweeping and whether the ParkMobile transaction logs could provide time-of-stay data; staff said it would return with lot-by-lot cleaning schedules and transaction analytics.
Outcome: Council voted unanimously to direct staff to change meter maximums to six hours for lots A, B and C (and implement the ParkMobile rollout citywide), to limit new employee monthly permits to the top level of Lot C, and to return with a detailed utilization and cleaning report. Staff will also coordinate notification and implement the changes along with ongoing outreach to business and resident stakeholders.
