INTRODUCTION
This report, filed annually as required by the California Parking and Business Improvement Law
of 1989, will provide an explanation of any proposed changes, including, but not limited to the
boundaries of the adopted City of Santa Barbara Downtown Parking and Business Improvement
Area (PBIA) or any benefit zones within the area, the basis for levying the assessments, and
any changes in the classifications of businesses.
The PBIA assessments benefit the City of Santa Barbara’s Downtown Parking Management
Program, which operates and maintains seven public parking lots and five structures in the
downtown core business area, providing a total of 3,215 parking spaces. The Program is
oriented towards clients and shoppers, and is directed by the City’s Circulation Element to
increase the available public parking and reduce the need for employee parking in the downtown
core. Employee parking is mitigated by Alternative Transportation initiatives to increase
carpooling, bicycling, and mass transit programs. The Downtown Parking budget is funded
primarily by hourly parking revenues, and to a lesser extent, by the PBIA assessment and
parking permits revenues. The PBIA revenues are directed solely towards hourly employee
salaries and utility costs in support of the operation and maintenance of the parking lots.
Revenues derived from hourly parking fees and monthly permits support the balance of
operating expenses remaining from the PBIA assessment and Alternative Transportation
programs.
Attached hereto and incorporated by reference is the “Addendum to the Parking and Business
Improvement Area Final Engineer's Report of Formula and Methodology of Assessment dated
October 5, 1999” (Addendum), which is on file at the City Clerk's Office, and which shall form
the basis of the Annual Report.
I. PROPOSED CHANGES
For Fiscal Year 2023, there are no changes to the PBIA benefit zones, the basis for
levying the assessments or any changes in the classifications of businesses.
II. IMPROVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
The PBIA assessments replace the requirements placed on businesses to provide their
own onsite customer parking. A parking rate, designed to promote short-term customer
and client parking is currently in effect in all City-operated Downtown Parking lots. These
facilities are maintained and operated by the City's Downtown Parking staff.