Residents near Beckenham Park in Laguna Hills will soon need a $25-a-year permit to park on nearby streets. The city council voted to create a new residential permit-parking zone around the park earlier this month, responding to complaints that overflow from nearby apartment buildings has been clogging the surrounding streets, according to Voice of OC.
The council approved the new permit area on September 8, according to New York Post, which reported that the restrictions are meant to address overcrowding in a part of the city where curbside space is already limited. The affected zone will not blanket every block around the park — instead, it targets designated portions of Costeau Street, Camberwell Street, Avenida Avalon and Hendon Street, along with a separate stretch covering the south side of Wilkes Place, Luton Street, Via Balboa and Calle Carmel, as reported by Voice of OC.
City officials say the spillover is coming from nearby apartment buildings and other high-density housing, whose residents have reportedly been parking on adjacent residential streets rather than in their own developments’ lots. Under the Laguna Hills Municipal Code, getting a street added to the permit program isn’t automatic — about 67% of homeowners within a proposed area must sign a petition supporting it before the city will move forward, as noted by Voice of OC.
What Residents Will Pay, and What the City Is Spending
Once a street qualifies, residents there will pay $25 annually for a parking permit, the report notes. On the city’s side, Laguna Hills expects to spend roughly $10,000 up front on signage and mailed notices to get the new zone up and running…