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The San Bruno Police Department is asking residents to refrain from saving street parking spaces by blocking them off with cones and trash cans, Police Chief Matt Lethin said.
The city has seen an uptick of blocked-off spaces in recent weeks, particularly in higher-density housing areas — including neighborhoods directly west of El Camino Real and east of El Camino Real going up to Highway 101, Lethin said.
Residents sharing homes or living with multiple generations of family members — prompted by the increasing cost of living and housing in the Bay Area — has exacerbated the issue in areas with already-limited street parking.
“Where more often and most often [it] pops up is going to be in those areas where there’s just less parking availability, where there’s higher density of housing,” Lethin said. “Maybe you had a couple spots on the street, and now you have so many more people now in the street or in the house on that block, competing for it.”
But the parking issue has prompted space-saving measures, like placing cones and bins to “reserve” spots, that are both illegal under municipal and state code and unfair to neighbors, he said.
The Police Department posted about the issue on its social media accounts last week, reminding residents that “cones belong at construction sites, and garbage cans belong at the curb on trash day — not in the middle of the street guarding your favorite space.”
The posts generated significant responses from San Bruno residents, and some called for the city to implement residential parking programs in local neighborhoods. The city currently has a voluntary opt-in parking permit program — where residents can apply for their street to implement permits — though it’s generally not used, councilmembers have said previously.
For now, the San Bruno Police Department will continue to respond to complaints around blocked parking spaces as they’re received, Lethin said, with an emphasis on educating residents who might be violating code.
“We’re not going to take a proactive stance, so we’re not going to go out there hunting around for these types of violations, but we are ready to respond if we receive a complaint,” he said. “What we’re going to do is try to contact the homeowner. We’re going to educate them, bring it to their awareness, we may give them a warning.”
If the issue persists, the department will then resort to issuing citations, Lethin said.
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