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Wilbanks, Megan
From:Purrington, Teresa
Sent:Tuesday, January 14, 2020 7:57 AM
To:Wilbanks, Megan
Subject:FW: Comment for City Council regarding Expansion of Monterey
Heights Residential Parking District
From: Jeffrey Prostovich <
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2020 9:44 PM
To: Purrington, Teresa <TPurring@slocity.org>
Cc: Fuchs, Alexander <afuchs@slocity.org>
Subject: Comment for City Council regarding Expansion of Monterey Heights Residential Parking District
Dear Teresa,
Please submit this email to the city council for consideration at their January 14, 2020, meeting. The city
postcard announcing this meeting listed a www.slocity.org/cityclerk web site that resulted in this response:
“Page Not Found. https://www.slocity.org/cityclerk, may have been removed, renamed, entered wrong, or is
temporarily unavailable.”
Please acknowledge receipt of this email.
My name is Jeffrey Prostovich. My wife and I live at 495 Buena Vista Ave. in Monterey Heights. We have lived
at this property since 2006. I am opposed to expanding the existing Monterey Heights Parking District that
would restrict on street parking to permit only.
We live in a 1930’s home with a single car garage. We use street parking for one of our vehicles. A parking
district allowing only two permits per household would create a burden when we have overnight quests,
dinner parties, or unexpected visitors with more than one car. If our property was in a parking district when
we purchased the property, we would not have bought our home. An expansion of this parking district would
diminish our property value with its inherit restrictions.
Because our neighborhood has many homes with single car garages and single car driveways, a parking
district would impose a hardship on the properties with five residents, each with a vehicle, and only two
permits per household leaving one vehicle without a place to park.
The problem is that the existing law governing five unrelated residents per household isn’t being enforced.
Some homes have six or seven unrelated residents. A simple drive through the neighborhood at night can
easily identify which houses have more than five residents. Business license issuance for rental properties can
stipulate that the city has the right to inspect a residence to enforce compliance with the existing ordinance.
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It wouldn’t be a matter of an illegal search if allowing a bed count search was a condition when granting a
business license to conduct a rental.
Most of the student cars in our neighborhood are gone during school time when street parking isn’t a
problem, however, it would be a problem for our guests or day visitors if a permit was required.
Current postings in our area restrict parking for two hours. This has solved some of the problems in our area
and does not created a burden. Why create an unnecessary problem for residents?
Please vote no on the proposed expansion of the Monterey Heights parking district .
Thank you for your consideration.
Jeff Prostovich
495 Buena Vista Ave.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
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