Compact-Car Spaces to Be Driven Out
Calabasas has revised its parking ordinance to prohibit creation of compact-car spaces in all parking lots.
The spaces are impractical because they are too small for the increasing number of mid-sized cars on the road, Calabasas officials said.
Robert Yalda, the city’s traffic and transportation engineer, said a city study showed that in busy parking lots, motorists often park carelessly in spaces reserved for compacts and encroach on adjoining spaces. As a result, 30% of available parking space is being wasted.
The revision, approved last week by the City Council, will be included in the city’s first-ever development code, now being drafted.
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