More than a dozen RV’s and cars parked along the Pacific Coast Highway received citations Tuesday after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors banned overnight parking on a popular stretch of the road.
The current ban affects a stretch of the coastal road between Coastline and Topanga Canyon Boulevard from 12 to 2 a.m. on one side and 2 to 4 a.m. on the other. On Tuesday, the LA County Board of Supervisors passed Supervisor Lindsey Horvath’s' motion to expand the PCH parking restrictions between Coastline and Topanga Canyon -- banning parking from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Motorists who received tickets overnight said to them, it came as a sudden and expensive turn of events.
“I look at mine and my neighbors right here and we both had a $136 ticket,” said David Parris, whose vehicle was cited.
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The California Highway Patrol said officers found about 90 vehicles illegally parked on that stretch of PCH in unincorporated LA County. The agency said officers spent four hours giving verbal warnings to drivers they could contact and ended up cited 15 drivers that left their vehicles unattended and about two who refused to leave.
“I’ve never once had anybody pull up and say nothing to me the whole time I’ve been here, so why now?” Parris asked.
CHP said enforcing parking regulations between 12 to 4 a.m. is handled when there are no pressing calls for service. It added that some community members have complained about the parked vehicles, though.
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Pollution, tapping into utility lines and potential fire hazards have been among the complaints.
