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Uploaded: Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 8:58 PM                                             

Holiday parking hours take effect
Most plazas extended to three hours

by Sandy Brundage
Almanac Staff

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Menlo Park has never been the sort of town where you can shop until you drop -- for one thing, the fear of parking tickets keeps people from staying overlong. But that changes during the holiday season.

Parking limits have been extended from two to three hours in all downtown plazas except the plaza next to Draeger's, according to the police. The change lasts until Monday, Jan. 7.

Also, a reminder that Plaza 1 (off Oak Grove Avenue near El Camino Real) and Plaza 5 (off Crane and Evelyn streets between Santa Cruz and Menlo avenues) offer meters that allow patrons to purchase time beyond three hours.

Street parking remains as posted, however, and tickets will still be given for overtime parking, so don't get carried away.


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Comments

Posted by Hmmm, a resident of another community, on Dec 5, 2012 at 3:11 pm

Saw a Parking Nazi the other day giving a ticket on Santa Cruz Ave. He *smiled* as soon as he saw the car had violated the allotted time & his smile remained as he happily wrote the ticket. Clearly, he's well-suited for his important role.

Posted by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood, on Dec 5, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Peter Carpenter is a member (registered user) of Almanac Online

As I posted years ago I believe that the MP Parking Enforcement Officers should be transferred to the staff person responsible for business development. This would certainly change their attitudes and priorities.

Posted by Roy Thiele-Sardina, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Dec 5, 2012 at 10:54 pm

Not sure what the number was last year (someone needs to do a FOIA request). But they issued ~23,000 parking tickets one year in a town with a population of 32,000. MPK truly doesn't get it, sales prevention at it's best.

Peter I agree with you, have the BD person responsible for it. love to see him answer a business's request for comment.

Roy Thiele-Sardina
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