Parking Restrictions Set Near Hospital

The Redondo Beach City Council ordered permit parking on eight more streets near South Bay Hospital as residents of the area continued to complain that commuters have taken over parking spaces in their neighborhoods.

Under the council resolution, which is aimed at employees and construction workers at the hospital, residents will be given the exclusive right to park on their streets and nonresidents who park there will be cited.

Public Works Director Ken Montgomery said it will take about a month to issue the permits, post warning signs and start enforcing the parking restrictions.

The hospital, which is constructing a parking ramp and a medical office building, has said that it is doing everything it can to alleviate parking congestion in the area during the project.

However, the hospital’s plea and council warnings have been ignored by many commuters, said city officials.