Malibu Votes 4-0 For PCH Parking Restrictions

MALIBU, CA —The Malibu City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to restrict overnight parking on certain stretches of PCH.

The council voted 4-0, with Rick Mullen absent, to introduce a Municipal Code amendment to create staggered parking around Corral Beach and Zuma Beach.

The Corral Beach area will extend along from PCH from West Malibu Road to Corral Canyon Road, and the proposed restrictions would limit parking on the land side daily from midnight to 2 a.m., and the ocean side from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m.

The Zuma Beach stretch, where parking is already prohibited on the land side of PCH, would be divided into an east side along the beach – from the west end of the Zuma Beach entrance to 30245 PCH – and a west end, from 30245 PCH to the east end of the Trancas Canyon Bridge. The proposed amendment will prohibit parking on the east end from midnight to 2 a.m., and on the west end from 2 to 4 a.m.

Final adoption will be considered Sep. 14.

At the Monday meeting, councilmembers said that they feel the parking restrictions are a step in the right direction, though not enough to abate perennial parking problems along PCH.

“The overcrowding issues in Malibu from visitors, whether they are parking there overnight or not, are pretty overwhelming right now, I think, for all of us. We are doing what we think we can do. It’s not enough,” said Mayor Mikke Pierson.

“As far as I’m concerned, this is not a day too soon,” said Councilmember Karen Farrer. “If we can limit it even more, I’d love to do that. But if this is as much as we can get, I’ll take it.”