Tustin: Park in your garage or else?
OC Register’s Elysse James covered the parking problem story in Tustin this week. According to her article (“Tustin council considering permit program for parking on streets“), there will be a public workshop hosted by the Tustin City Council on Monday to take a look at solutions to the problem with too many cars being parked on the streets overnight.
According to complainants, the problem stems from people not parking their vehicles in their garages and using them for living spaces or businesses instead… that and overpopulated areas with apartment complexes. The main area for this “offense” is Red Hill Avenue and Sycamore. Among the proposed solutions are “restrict parking between 2 and 6 a.m.” and “requiring permits to park during those hours.”
Some Tustin streets already have these restrictions: “About 17 city streets, including Cindy and Letty Lanes and part of Main Street, already have permit programs in place. Residents of those streets petitioned the city for the permits.”
I’m not exactly clear what the parking bans would entail (guess I should go to the meeting). It sounds a tad bit harsh, in my opinion. If you have an overnight guest staying with you, can they not park outside your house? If you have three cars (or more if you happen to have a few teenagers with jobs in the house), can you not park one on the street? Sounds like a parking ban that belongs in downtown of a big city, not Tustin.
