In response to some determined residents and a petition, the City of Goleta will remove only four parking spots on Overpass Road instead of the 13 as originally planned.
It’s a compromise for residents and the Santa Barbara Humane and Santa Barbara County Animal Shelter employees who park on the street, but residents said it should serve as a lesson for the city to have better planning and parking enforcement.
“It’s really disappointing that the Planning Commission failed to truly consider parking impacts when looking at a project like this because its whole purpose should be to consider the impacts, not just the change in color of the curb,” animal shelter volunteer Lee Heller said during public comment…