I have received two emails so far from norwalkcity.com visitors complaining about residential parking, and I too am experiencing issues with neighbors taking up so much street parking spaces. Times like this I envy my colleagues that live in nice neighborhood areas in Cerritos and Downey.
An email from a Norwalk resident wrote that a neighbor living six houses from her always park their vehicles right in front of her house. Thank you for writing.
My neighbor thats about 6 doors down parks his car infront of my house and doesn’t move it the whole week. We have our own cars that we like to park infront of our house and he has plenty of parking infront of his.
One day of parking or two would be fine but wouldn’t it bother you if you see another vehicle parked right in front of your house only because that household has more than three vehicles parked on the street and not their own driveway? Two neighbors from my house comes to mind right away. They are notorious on our street for having more than five (yes, 5!) vehicles for one house. I found out that in one of those household, they are renting out the rooms to two young renters. It is an annoyance when their modded Chrysler 300 with an obnoxious engine intake and exhaust system blasts your window late at night.
The other household living two house apart from mine is a bit on the overboard. Less than 2,000 square foot house, more than 12 people including the children lives in the house. And what boggles my mind is that they are one family living with their relatives (cousins and what not) and renting the house. If you walk by the house, it is easy to tell that over a dozen people live in there by the number of cars parked on the streets, the driveway (three including a boat attached to one), and a dead lawn. Yikes!
These parking issues has been going on for more than two years and if the matter gets worse for me, I will need to contact the City and find a solution to remedy the problem. There must be a city ordinance where it prohibits such parking issue or a state law that limits the number of people/children living in a one place.
If you are also experiencing problems with your neighbors taking up too many spots on the street parking, comment here.
Tags: cerritos, downey, illegal, montebello, parking, resident