Malibu Municipal Code § 4.4 Goals, Objectives, Policies and Implementation Measures

C GOAL 1. Safe, Environmentally Sensitive and Efficient Transportation for the City.

C OBJECTIVE 1.1: SAFE, EFFICIENT AND CONVENIENT TRAFFIC SYSTEM WITH A MINIMUM OF IMPACT OR COST.

To implement this policy the City shall:

C Implementation Measure 1: Implement the provisions of the Los Angeles County Congestion Management Program by requiring development projects to analyze and provide appropriate mitigation for traffic impacts on regional circulation facilities.

C Implementation Measure 2: Utilize appropriate operational and physical improvements such as metering, signal synchronization, pedestrian overpasses, re-signalization, provision of acceleration/deceleration lanes, and improvement of existing and creation of new left turn lanes.

C Implementation Measure 3: Cooperate with Caltrans, the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura, the City of Los Angeles, and neighboring cities along the Ventura Freeway to improve the flow of traffic in surrounding areas which impact Malibu traffic.

C Implementation Measure 4: Ensure that proposed development mitigate traffic impacts by building or financing infrastructure improvements necessary to serve the development and by considering adoption of a traffic impact fee.

C Implementation Measure 5: Undertake a study of 1996 traffic conditions in the City, including peak hour and summer traffic. The study shall include an analysis of future infrastructure capacity. The results of the study shall be presented to the City Council in Fall 1996.

C Implementation Measure 6: Promote cooperation between the City, County, Sheriff and Caltrans to limit and restrict hours of closure of PCH, Malibu Canyon Road and Kanan Dume Road lanes during repairs, construction, filming, and other activities.

C Implementation Measure 7: Work with the fire and sheriff to minimize road closures due to accidents and disasters and to facilitate traffic flow on these occasions.

C Implementation Measure 8: Adopt Transportation System Management and Transportation Demand Management programs.

C Implementation Measure 9: Work with Caltrans to reconfigure the two-way left-turn median lane on PCH to maximize safe accessibility to structures immediately adjacent to the highway and to retain continuous emergency vehicle passage.

C Implementation Measure 10: Work with Caltrans to maintain ban trucks over three axles on PCH except for local deliveries.

C Implementation Measure 11: Work with Caltrans to ban trucks over 8,000 pounds on Kanan Dume Road except for local deliveries.

C Implementation Measure 12: Strictly enforce speed limits on highways and roads within the City.

C Implementation Measure 13: Configure parking in residential areas on the inland side of PCH near beach areas to avoid pedestrians crossing PCH.

C Implementation Measure 14: Consolidate curb cuts on PCH to achieve no more than one per 200 feet, wherever feasible.

C Implementation Measure 15: Facilitate the ability of residents to work at home workplace alternatives such as telecommuting centers.

C Implementation Measure 16: Seek legislation to give the City a voice in management and operation of State highways within the city.

C OBJECTIVE 1.2: AN EFFECTIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT IS MULTI-MODAL.

To implement these policies the City shall:

C Implementation Measure 17: Monitor transportation planning in the area bounded by PCH and the 101, 405 and 10 Freeways.

C Implementation Measure 18: Seek public and private funds for programs that promote multi-modal transportation.

C Implementation Measure 19: Collaborate with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to provide more efficient and convenient bus service to the area and connections to other MTA service.

C Implementation Measure 20: Promote a pilot program with MTA utilizing low emissions fuel in vehicles.

C Implementation Measure 21: Develop a convenient and efficient transport system for the elderly and disabled.

C Implementation Measure 22: Consider the use of Proposition "A" funds to subsidize mass-transit and paratransit services for the elderly, disabled and youth.

C Implementation Measure 23: Require commercial development to adequately accommodate pedestrian and bike traffic.

C Implementation Measure 24: Implement a bikeway and pedestrian walkway plan designed to improve visitor and resident circulation.

C OBJECTIVE 1.3: ADEQUATE OFF-STREET PARKING.

To implement these policies the City shall:

C Implementation Measure 25: Require proposed development to provide adequate off-street parking including shared beach parking if appropriate.

C Implementation Measure 26: Cooperate with other governmental agencies to provide satellite park and ride facilities for cross-mountain and PCH bus transport to and from Malibu for commuters and recreational users.

C Implementation Measure 27: Reduce congestion on PCH by cooperating with and encouraging other governmental agencies to expand parking opportunities to serve presently under-utilized beaches in areas surrounding Malibu.

C Implementation Measure 28: Encourage provision of low-emission vehicles to provide shuttle service from parking areas to recreational areas.

C Implementation Measure 29: Permit preferential parking for non-polluting alternate fuel vehicles.

C GOAL 2. Environmentally Sensitive, Cost Effective and Safe Service Infrastructure.

C OBJECTIVE 2.1: CONTAMINATION AND POLLUTION FROM WASTE DISPOSAL REDUCED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICAL BY THE YEAR 2000.

To implement these policies the City shall:

C Implementation Measure 30: Revise building and plumbing codes as necessary to incorporate innovative methods of protecting groundwater and disposing of solid waste and wastewater.

C Implementation Measure 31: Adopt standards and programs to encourage on-site wastewater recycling.

C Implementation Measure 32: Require on-site disposal systems to operate at their designed level of efficiency.

C Implementation Measure 33: Require all current on-site waste disposal systems needing repair or renovation to meet all applicable state, county and municipal health codes.

C Implementation Measure 34: Require all sewage and wastewater created on property to be processed onsite or by a neighborhood sewage treatment facility or in a cooperative system with neighboring properties.

C Implementation Measure 35: Distribute information about the proper operation and maintenance of onsite disposal systems.

C OBJECTIVE 2.2: AN ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY FOR DAILY AND EMERGENCY USE BY THE YEAR 2000.

To implement this policy the City shall:

C Implementation Measure 36: Identify Malibu's potable, imported and ground water supplies and sources.

C Implementation Measure 37: Work with appropriate agencies such as Water District 29 and the Los Angeles County Fire Department to increase water storage at strategic locations throughout the City as required to assure a seven-day emergency water supply.

C Implementation Measure 38: Develop standards and policies that will maximize the beneficial uses of reclaimed water including methods of greywater treatment and disposal.

C GOAL 3. Schools and Educational Facilities to Serve the Educational Needs and to Ensure the Cultural Vitality of the City.

C OBJECTIVE 3.1: PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT ARE PHYSICALLY AND FUNCTIONALLY INTEGRATED WITH THEIR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS OR SERVICE AREAS.

To implement this policy the City shall:

C Implementation Measure 39: Cooperate with the school and community college districts, to the extent feasible, to secure adequate funding of new school facilities.

C Implementation Measure 40: Work with the school and community college districts to coordinate school facility planning and site acquisition.

C Implementation Measure 41: Initiate cooperative agreements with SM/MUSD to share facilities and implement educational and recreational programs.

C OBJECTIVE 4.1: A SYSTEM OF SCENIC ROUTES WITHIN THE CITY.

To implement this policy the City shall:

C Implementation Measure 42: Apply for State scenic highway status for roadways in Malibu.

C Implementation Measure 43: Prepare a master plan of street trees and landscaping.

C Implementation Measure 44: Work with the Chamber of Commerce and local business on a plan for the beautification of businesses and parking lots.

C Implementation Measure 45: Work with Caltrans, the California Coastal Commission, County Beaches and Harbors and other agencies to ensure that new roadway furniture (such as bus benches and trash receptacles) harmonize with the natural rural environment.

C Implementation Measure 46: Prohibit off-site advertising signs.

C Implementation Measure 47: Provide adequate signs to identify scenic corridors, viewpoints and public amenities.