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Laguna Hills traffic panel delays sweeping ordinance, orders data collection and outreach
Summary
After a staff presentation on a potential citywide street‑sweeping parking prohibition and two signage cost scenarios, the Traffic Commission directed staff to sample parked‑vehicle impacts, run a public‑awareness campaign on existing sweeping, and report back in four months. No ordinance was adopted.
The Laguna Hills City Traffic Commission on July 16 heard a detailed staff presentation on a proposed citywide street‑sweeping parking restriction and voted to direct staff to gather data and run public outreach before pursuing an ordinance.
City Engineer (Mr. Ames) told commissioners that Council direction from Mayor Pro Tem Kaske had asked the commission to evaluate a citywide sweeping parking restriction with attention to costs, enforcement and coordination with trash pickup days. Staff outlined operational benefits — improved stormwater quality, removal of debris and better neighborhood appearance — while warning of resident inconvenience, enforcement demands and signage maintenance.
Staff presented two signage strategies: a comprehensive option to place signs approximately every 300 feet (staff estimated about $350,000 for citywide installation) and a lower‑visibility entrance‑only option (staff counted about 56 entrance locations and rounded to 60). The transcript records an estimated cost…
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