REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution to Designate Charles Street Between W. McKinley Avenue and W. Iowa Avenue as Residential Preferential Parking Zone "A", and Find that the Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)
Report
BACKGROUND
At the June 25, 2018 Planning Commission meeting, the Planning Commission approved a Special Development Permit (PLNG 2017-7379) (RTC No. 18-0521) to redevelop a commercial site into a five-story mixed-use development at 311 S. Mathilda Avenue consisting of 4,860 square feet of restaurant floor area and 75 multi-family residential units of which four (4) townhome-style rental units would be located along Charles Street. The project would provide 82 residential and 47 restaurant parking stalls. This development was eventually constructed and was named Maxwell Apartments located at 490 W. McKinley Avenue. At the meeting, residents on Charles Street expressed concerns about possible increases in on-street parking demand, cut-through traffic, and speeding along Charles Street caused by this project.
Following the June 25, 2018 Planning Commission meeting, the City received a petition from the residents of Charles Street between W. McKinley Avenue and W. Iowa Avenue in summer 2018, requesting the establishment of a Residential Preferential Parking Zone with a 24-hour parking restriction. The petition was supported by the majority of the residents (78%, or 14 out of 18) to designate the street segment as a Residential Preferential Parking Zone.
Subsequently, on April 27, 2020, the Planning Commission approved another Special Development Permit (PLNG 2019-7269) (RTC No. 20-0464) to redevelop six City-owned parcels on S. Mathilda Avenue and Charles Street into a 90-unit affordable multi-family housing project of which seven (7) townhome-style rental units are located along Charles Street and consisting of 90 parking stalls. This development was ...
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