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Planning commission approves one‑year South Laguna parking pilot, limits paid meters to Pacific Coast Highway
Summary
After hours of public comment, the Laguna Beach Planning Commission on May 6 approved a modified one‑year parking pilot for a roughly 3‑mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in South Laguna that will delineate about 501 parking spaces, place about 22 solar pay stations where sidewalks provide access and limit paid parking to the PCH corridor; inland first‑block spaces will be delineated but remain unpaid with no time limits.
The Laguna Beach Planning Commission voted May 6 to adopt staff’s recommended South Laguna parking pilot with specific modifications intended to balance roadway safety and neighborhood impacts.
Staff framed the program as a temporary, reversible pilot to improve safety and circulation along a roughly 3‑mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway from Ruby Street to about 500 feet south of Vista Del Sol and on nine inland blocks. "The purpose of the project is to improve traffic circulation and public safety for Coast Highway users and increase parking turnover and availability in highly trafficked areas near prominent coastal access points," associate planner Alyssa Suarez said during the presentation.
Assistant city engineer Tran Tran presented safety data and the conceptual design, telling the commission the corridor carries "about 37,000 vehicles per day" and that the city reviewed four…
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