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Council introduces municipal-code updates to modernize paid parking and create a residential-permit framework; council narrows paid-parking language
Summary
Council introduced Ordinance 1726 to modernize Chapter 8.15 for technology-neutral paid-parking language, a formal residential parking-permit petition process, and clarified curb rules; council voted 4–1 to remove street-specific language that could be read as authorizing on-street paid parking on Main Street and nearby corridors.
The Seal Beach City Council introduced an ordinance on April 13 to modernize the municipal code’s parking provisions and to create a citywide framework for residential parking-permit districts, but members also approved a narrow wording amendment to preserve the current on-street status quo.
Parking consultant Julie Dixon, retained by the city, told councilmembers the draft updates primarily modernize terminology and close gaps created by new payment technology (mobile pay, tap-to-pay) by replacing references to single-space "parking meter" hardware with a broader definition of paid-parking devices. The code changes also formalize a petition-driven process for residential parking permit districts: residents or councilmembers can initiate a…
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