Glendora Set To Adopt New Parking Regulations For Alley Ways

GLENDORA, CA — City officials are set to impose new parking restrictions on certain alleys within Glendora over concerns cars may block emergency and residential access.

The Glendora City Council will hold a reading of the proposed ordinance during its Tuesday meeting.

The ordinance would prohibit parking in alleys "for any purpose other than the temporary loading or unloading" of a car, according to its text. Cars are only allowed in an alley for a maximum of 20 minutes. Drivers must also not have their cars block an alley.

The City Council will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. and will be streamed online.

Officials held a community discussion in June regarding alley parking, according to a staff report. But no strong arguments were made for or against imposing parking restrictions.

However, the city's fire department and trash service have reported issues with alleys in the past. Occasionally a parked car would make it difficult for a fire or garbage truck to drive through, the report said.

While alleys are public right-of-ways, they are not regulated with the same level of enforcement as Glendora’s other streets and roads. Officials said there are several reasons why restrictions aren’t enforced.

One reason is that alleys may be located on private property and not subject to enforcement, the staff report said. Another is that enforcing parking restrictions would punish families in homes that don’t have street parking.

The ordinance was set as a compromise that would disallow parking in some areas of the city and allow for parking in other areas based on certain criteria, such as residential zones with no available street parking.