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Barrio parking improvements
On Tuesday, Dec. 9, the City Council will consider additional opportunities to add more on-street parking in the Barrio. This includes a proposal to convert existing parallel spaces to perpendicular parking on Chestnut Avenue east of Madison Street, in front of Pine Avenue Community Park, as well as direction to move forward with a broader parking study to identify other ways to increase parking in the area.
City Council meeting
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 5 p.m.
Council Chamber
1200 Carlsbad Village Drive
Read the staff report
How to participate
Watch the livestream
Provide comments in person or email clerk@carlsbadca.gov by 2 p.m. the day of the meeting
What’s being considered
On March 4, 2025, the City Council directed staff to assess additional parking opportunities along Madison Street and east from Madison Street on Chestnut Avenue.
Staff have completed an initial parking analysis, and are recommending City Council approval for:
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Adding four parking spaces by converting a portion of Chestnut Avenue east of Madison Street from parallel on-street parking to perpendicular parking, while minimizing impacts to existing landscaping, infrastructure and amenities. This would increase the total number of spaces along that stretch from five to nine.
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Funding for a broader parking study to explore converting parallel parking spaces to diagonal parking on wider streets, including Madison Street, Pine Avenue and Palm Avenue, to increase overall parking capacity.
The initial analysis of parking on Madison Street just north of Chestnut Avenue found that seven diagonal spaces could be added to that section, increasing total parking by two spaces. However, diagonal parking could create conflicts with the existing bike lane and cause confusion for drivers and cyclists since all other on-street parking nearby is parallel. For these safety reasons, staff are recommending to instead include Madison Street in a broader parking study to evaluate other options.
Background
Parking in the Village and Barrio is a high priority, so last year city staff began evaluating areas where new spaces could be added.
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Some ways to add parking include restriping, sign removal or repainting red curbs that no longer need to be red (think of a red curb near a driveway that is no longer being used).
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This has resulted in 44 additional parking spaces in the Village and Barrio, with 22 added in the Barrio since January.
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Staff will continue to look at additional ways to add more on-street parking in the Village and Barrio.
More information
Staff report