Q: Leona Fowler of San Bernardino said she has a neighbor who parks his large semitruck on her residential street. The street ends in a cul-de-sac and the truck is parked on the straight portion. “We have a hard time pulling out of the cul-de-sac because we can’t see around them,” she said. “We have had several near misses of being hit. Is it legal to park there?”
A: If our reader lives in a confirmed residential zone, then semitruck parking is not allowed on a city street there according to the San Bernardino Municipal Code, SBMC 10.16.120(A), said Jeff Kraus, city spokesperson. If the semitruck is in a commercial zone, it can be park there for two hours on a city street, SBMC 10.16.120(B), Kraus said.
Our reader can report this semitruck if she lives in a residential zone and seek enforcement, by calling the city customer service line at 909-384-7272, or download the Go SBCity app and report the violation under Commercial Parking. Either way, San Bernardino Police Department parking enforcement folks will be notified and will send a Commercial Enforcement Officer to the location, Kraus said.
No new transportation sales tax measure in Riverside County
Riverside County Transportation Commission announced it will not seek a new transportation sales tax measure for Riverside County this year to fund projects in its 2024 Traffic Relief Plan. After extensive public outreach and evaluating transportation needs across Riverside County, the Commission decided this is not the year to ask residents to approve a one-cent sales tax measure to fund transportation projects outlined in the 2024 Traffic Relief Plan, the commission said.
The plan – which we previously wrote about in On the Road as we encouraged readers to offer their thoughts – was developed during a public input effort with Riverside County residents. It identified more than $30 billion in transportation improvements countywide. The RCTC approved the plan to help relieve congestion and improve mobility throughout the county as the population continues to grow. The plan identifies transportation improvements in areas including local road upgrades; pothole repairs; highway improvements; expanding public transportation; new opportunities to walk, bicycle and hike; and work to help protect roads and bridges from natural disasters. Visit www.rctc.org/traffic-relief-plan/.
“The Traffic Relief Plan shows that we are listening to our residents and looking for ways to reduce traffic congestion, invest in public transportation, fill potholes, and respond to natural disasters to keep our roads safe,” RCTC Chair Lloyd White, who also is a Beaumont councilmember, said in a news release.
“Now it’s not the time to seek voter approval on a new measure to fund the Traffic Relief Plan, but I think the time is coming soon,” he said.
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RCTC said the level of public support was slightly shy of the two-thirds voter approval threshold required by law to pass a sales tax measure in Riverside County.
A final observation
Finally, a comment from reader James A. DaVanzo of Riverside, about our recent column discussing drivers’ fraudulent use of disabled parking placards and plates: “One assumption people are making is that the person driving poorly is actually the owner of the license plate. They may be the spouse or relative of the registered owner. And while their driving habits may be questionable, there is no fraud involved unless they try to park in a handicapped parking spot with the registered driver not being in the vehicle.”
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