Torrance to Consider Suspending Parking Tickets for Holidays

In the spirit of the holidays, the Council will consider suspending parking enforcement from December 20^th to January 3, 2016.  The idea was proposed by Councilman Griffiths at the last Council meeting.  At that time, he noted that “it is a stressful time of the year with all the people visiting” and that he thought it would be a nice gift the City could give the residents.

The lack of enforcement will only pertain to parking tickets issued for street sweeping.  Other parking violations will continue to be enforced.  The staff report noted that over the last three years that an average of 148 parking citations for street sweeping violations occurred during the holiday season.  The expected violations for this holiday season, however, could be much higher as Torrance recently enacted increased street sweeping parking enforcement as part of the Optimized Street Sweeping Program.

The matter will be heard at Tuesday’s meeting.