Edhat Staff
By edhat staff
The City of Santa Barbara announced all street sweeping will be suspended, yet all time limits for parking will still be enforced.
Residential street sweeping and related parking enforcement is cancelled until April 1st.
“This decision was made in order to decrease the burden to families during the COVID-19 related school closures. Commercial Street Sweeping will continue normal operations,” according to the City of Santa Barbara website.
The Santa Barbara Police Department confirmed tickets will still be issued for those who violate time-limited parking.
Update by Deputy District Attorney of Santa Barbara County
We have been informed that time limitations and street sweeping are not being enforced. Disabled person parking, red zones, and blocking driveways are being enforced.
How does canceling street sweeping decrease the burden to families if the city is still going to ticket? Wouldn’t allowing street parking because so many people will actually be home Help?
If nothing is open….just let people park longer. Jeez.
I just got a parking ticket this morning (Tuesday) for parking on the street across from my apartment downtown, because it is designated as a “bike lane” from 7 to 9 am on weekdays. On my block and the next block only. A two-block long bike lane that only exists for two hours a day, 5 days a week. And I have never seen a bicyclist using it in the 1.5+ years I have lived here. SBPD parking enforcement is a revenue-gathering farce and they can eff off permanently as far as I’m concerned.
I’m sure you’re talking about Garden Street, southbound. I ride that route to get to work (instead of gumming up the parking in your neighborhood) and it is much safer during that time than the rest of the day. At least you have 22 hours a day to park there. Sorry you forgot to move your car today.
Gifted – I hope so! The 72 hour rule is ridiculous to begin with, but now, when people are being forced to stay home from work, school, etc… it would be unconscionable to enforce it. The whiny neighbors who report cars can just relax and deal with an eyesore for a bit.