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Residents urge Bellflower to reverse overnight ban at downtown parking structure; council to study options
Summary
Multiple residents asked the council to rescind or modify a recent overnight-parking prohibition at the downtown parking structure, saying residents who work nights and guests now lack options; councilmembers and staff said the structure was intended for event and retail parking and agreed to examine permit and street-sweeping options.
Several Bellflower residents used the public-comment period at the March 24 council meeting to urge the council to rescind a newly posted overnight-parking restriction at the downtown parking structure or to provide alternative overnight parking options.
Pauline, a resident of the Edgewood apartment complex, said the structure's no-overnight-parking rule makes it harder for nearby residents and their guests to find parking overnight. "We understand that's probably due to people's cars being broken in, and it just provides, like, not a safe environment," she told councilmembers, but added she was concerned that residents who live nearby now have fewer places to park…
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