AnonymousBy an edhat reader
A neighbor just texted me saying the city came by our street today (Thursday) advising that the “90 minute parking” is going to be waived for 90 days. Is anyone else hearing this in other areas? ( state / de la vina is where I am )
Great. Now that dude that stores his three vehicles on our street can let them all sit again for months on end, hogging parking spaces. We saw him checking on his vehicles just yesterday. This will make him very happy, while the rest of us have to park gawd-knows-where instead of in front of or close to our own residences. What a douche.
They have not been ticketing vehicles for not moving for street sweeping since they started sweeping again on 6/15. But today everyone moved their cars anyway.
I saw a meter maid writing a ticket on Gillespie Street and assumed it was because it was the only car parked there on street sweeping day.
Not true! Not true! City metermaids began circling the blocks again effective May 15! Believe me, already received a ticket on June 25! They are out there, albeit, not is such force as pre-COVID. Perhaps not all were hired back! As for the neighbor who uses the street as a personal parking lot, go online and report the vehicles – you can’t park for more than 72 hours on a timed street without moving. Prior to reporting gather the vehicle information – license, make, model, color, etc. and date you first notice vehicle parked and date reporting! Hope this helps !
I hear ya – my neighbors store 2 beaters (each with a window that doesn’t shut) on a public downtown street where residents are required to register and pay to park. The cars have barely moved in months, but the car storage has been going on for years.. They are permitted, they’re just in addition to the other 3-4 vehicles in the fleet. I figure they have a well-placed friend in parking enforcement to be able to store 2 cars on a public street downtown.
Ah the times I’ve called, and nothing happened…
A friend sent me this link that has info about this:
http://www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/StreetParking
Back when street sweeping was suspended, Vehicle Douche left his three vehicles and didn’t move them for two months. Calling Abandoned Vehicles hotline did nothing. One vehicle had no current rego tag, either. It wasn’t until about a month ago that parking enforcement started up again, at least on our street.
I had a pal get a street sweeping warning citation last week near Castillo and Carrillo Sts.