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PRESS RELEASE - City of Malibu Passes Parking Lot Safety Standards Ordinance

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For Immediate Release
April 5, 2016
Contact: Matt Myerhoff
mmyerhoff@malibucity.org
Cell: 818.481.8579

City of Malibu Passes Parking Lot Safety Standards Ordinance 

(Malibu, CA) – The City Council unanimously approved a new ordinance during the March 28 Council meeting that creates a set of standards to make new and existing parking lots in Malibu safer, and prevent storefront crashes.

“People are killed and injured every year in parking lot storefront crashes, and with these common sense safety measures, we can prevent such tragedies from occurring in Malibu,” said Mayor Pro Tem Lou La Monte.

La Monte was inspired to introduce the ordinance by a storefront crash that killed the 73 year-old mother-in-law and nearly killed the three children of Artesia Councilmember Victor Manalo as well as three other people. Manolo went on to introduce a parking lot safety ordinance in his city.

Improving the safety of areas adjacent to parking lots is a concern in communities across the nation. Every year as many as 500 people are killed and 3,600 are injured in storefront crashes nationwide, and in California alone, there were 380 reported storefront crashes in 2013/2014, according to Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Storefront Safety Council (SCC). California has the second-highest rate of storefront crashes in the U.S.

Similar laws have been introduced in Artesia, California; Miami Dade County, Florida; and Orange County, Florida.

The provisions of the Malibu ordinance include:
  • Requiring Two Vehicle Impact Protection Devices (VIPDs) for each head-in parking space adjacent to outdoor seating areas
  • Requiring that signs adjacent to any parking stall be properly secured and mounted on VIPDs
  • Permitting VIPDs to be comprised of bollards or barriers or combinations of both
  • Imposing color and height restrictions to assure conformity with Malibu’s General Plan goal of preserving the rural community character
  • Imposing the ASTM F3016 Crash Impact Performance Standard to assure sufficient impact protection
  • Prescribing a 24-month amortization period to allow adequate time for property owners to come into compliance or alternatively to remove outdoor seating areas

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For Immediate Release
April 5, 2016
Contact: Matt Myerhoff
mmyerhoff@malibucity.org
Cell: 818.481.8579

City of Malibu Passes Parking Lot Safety Standards Ordinance

(Malibu, CA) – The City Council unanimously approved a new ordinance during the March 28 Council meeting that creates a set of standards to make new and existing parking lots in Malibu safer, and prevent storefront crashes.

“People are killed and injured every year in parking lot storefront crashes, and with these common sense safety measures, we can prevent such tragedies from occurring in Malibu,” said Mayor Pro Tem Lou La Monte.

La Monte was inspired to introduce the ordinance by a storefront crash that killed the 73 year-old mother-in-law and nearly killed the three children of Artesia Councilmember Victor Manalo as well as three other people. Manolo went on to introduce a parking lot safety ordinance in his city.

Improving the safety of areas adjacent to parking lots is a concern in communities across the nation. Every year as many as 500 people are killed and 3,600 are injured in storefront crashes nationwide, and in California alone, there were 380 reported storefront crashes in 2013/2014, according to Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Storefront Safety Council (SCC). California has the second-highest rate of storefront crashes in the U.S.

Similar laws have been introduced in Artesia, California; Miami Dade County, Florida; and Orange County, Florida.

The provisions of the Malibu ordinance include:
Requiring Two Vehicle Impact Protection Devices (VIPDs) for each head-in parking space adjacent to outdoor seating areas

Requiring that signs adjacent to any parking stall be properly secured and mounted on VIPDs

Permitting VIPDs to be comprised of bollards or barriers or combinations of both

Imposing color and height restrictions to assure conformity with Malibu’s General Plan goal of preserving the rural community character

Imposing the ASTM F3016 Crash Impact Performance Standard to assure sufficient impact protection

Prescribing a 24-month amortization period to allow adequate time for property owners to come into compliance or alternatively to remove outdoor seating areas


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