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Council discusses beach parking crunch, suggests attendants or targeted enforcement
Summary
Council members described heavy weekend beach parking demand and limited enforcement capacity; suggestions included reserving spots for dune-deck employees, weekend code-enforcement coverage, or hiring part-time attendants to monitor kiosks and improve compliance.
Council members raised recurring concerns about beach parking congestion and enforcement at the March 23 meeting, saying weekend demand often exceeds available spots and that kiosks alone do not let staff verify who is paying.
Council member Jesse Rivera summarized survey feedback from constituents and proposed several potential fixes: carve out hours-limited spaces for dune-deck employees, hire part-time parking attendants for weekends and holidays, or assign intermittent code-enforcement staff to monitor compliance. Rivera said kiosks do not provide an easy way to determine unauthorized evening parking; the council discussed the possibility of pulling kiosk records to check payments.
Mayor Karen Lithgow said staff are investigating options for dealing with people who ignore tickets and encouraged bringing a parking-attendant proposal to the upcoming visioning session for funding consideration.
