Our company works with carpenters, plumbers, electricians etc. that all drive vans. How are we suppose to conduct our business and assist our clients when we can't park or have to apply for permit renewals?
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Jon Heffner
9 years ago
I work for a construction company. Many of the workers, tradesman, and others that work in the industry all drive vehicles that fall into this category. The productive, job holding, tax paying residents will be severely impacted by this ordinance. I implore you to reconsider and review this ordinance to allow for easily obtained, year round exemption permits for working people .
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Eddy Breffitt
9 years ago
The simple solution might just be to consider oversize vehicles only those that meet all three parameters!
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Dylan Cummings
9 years ago
This ordinance is ridiculous and punishes legitimate community members while failing to accomplish the original goal of getting RVs off the street
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Anonymous
9 years ago
The 82" Height limitation is ridiculous. My work truck, an F250, would not fit this requirement. My sprinter significantly exceeds this limit but is standard width and only 16’ long. Even my Nissan Xterra is taller than 82” if you include the roof rack.
Longer than 25’? Sure. Wide enough to interfere with traffic lanes? Great!
But what’s with the absurd height restriction? How does this make our city safer/prettier/better?
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Spencer Steffen
9 years ago
Vehicles registered to owners with a local residential address should be exempt from this ban.
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Sean Riehl
9 years ago
I own two houses and run several business in Santa Barbara. I use my low top sprinter van as my daily driver vehicle. It fits into any parking spot at Lazy Acres and Trader Joe's. I think the city has over-reached. There are many restaurants and business not close to public parking, and the city's actions have hurt my ability to visit them. It is also rediculous that I now can not park my car on my own street, when there is plenty of parking along my street (Vista Del Mar dr.).
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Milo
9 years ago
Just ban RVs. Should be length and height restriction.
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Mel Swanson
9 years ago
In the future my sole vehicle, Sprinter, will not be shopping in Santa Barbara.
No longer will we be taking our out of town visitors to Santa Barbara.
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P Pagan
9 years ago
Obviously, the ordinance limiting the size of vehicles that can be parked within SB City limits was not well thought out prior to implementation. Please gather your best and brightest bureaucrats to thoroughly review and revise the ill-considered sections and subsections that prevent most vans from parking on city streets. This boondoggle is a waste of taxpayer money.
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Robert Kornhandler
9 years ago
This ordinance is clearly targeted to individuals that live on the streets and penalize individuals whose work vans/trucks require overnight on-street parking. This a poorly thought through decision and should be recinded.
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Elizabeth French
9 years ago
The height limit is overly restrictive for vans that are currently manufactured. Do you truly want to preclude vehicle owners from parking within city limits?
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Robert
9 years ago
It should be a way to identify work vehicles so it does not apply this ordinance
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Avery Wilmanns
9 years ago
Please remove height restriction or allow full time exemption permits for residents who own oversized vehicles
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Tom Kopf
9 years ago
Another reason to question politicians.
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Eric Wilmanns
9 years ago
Thank you for your consideration
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David Prato
9 years ago
Gustason's
You can still make a delivery, just don't stop for lunch!!
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danielle bushar
9 years ago
I am a single mom who has driven a high profile Sprinter as a daily driver since 2006. I am currently working downtown and put my bike in my Sprinter, park on the outskirts of downtown and ride my bike to my place of work. This ordinance will have a devastating effect on the financial stability of myself and my children. This ordinance is not targeting the population it is intended.
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Garret Gustason
9 years ago
It appears that deliveries are going to be almost impossible now.
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Michael Gustason
9 years ago
No oversized vehicles would mean that consumers will have a hard time receiving deliveries.
Our company works with carpenters, plumbers, electricians etc. that all drive vans. How are we suppose to conduct our business and assist our clients when we can't park or have to apply for permit renewals?
I work for a construction company. Many of the workers, tradesman, and others that work in the industry all drive vehicles that fall into this category. The productive, job holding, tax paying residents will be severely impacted by this ordinance. I implore you to reconsider and review this ordinance to allow for easily obtained, year round exemption permits for working people .
The simple solution might just be to consider oversize vehicles only those that meet all three parameters!
This ordinance is ridiculous and punishes legitimate community members while failing to accomplish the original goal of getting RVs off the street
The 82" Height limitation is ridiculous. My work truck, an F250, would not fit this requirement. My sprinter significantly exceeds this limit but is standard width and only 16’ long. Even my Nissan Xterra is taller than 82” if you include the roof rack. Longer than 25’? Sure. Wide enough to interfere with traffic lanes? Great! But what’s with the absurd height restriction? How does this make our city safer/prettier/better?
Vehicles registered to owners with a local residential address should be exempt from this ban.
I own two houses and run several business in Santa Barbara. I use my low top sprinter van as my daily driver vehicle. It fits into any parking spot at Lazy Acres and Trader Joe's. I think the city has over-reached. There are many restaurants and business not close to public parking, and the city's actions have hurt my ability to visit them. It is also rediculous that I now can not park my car on my own street, when there is plenty of parking along my street (Vista Del Mar dr.).
Just ban RVs. Should be length and height restriction.
In the future my sole vehicle, Sprinter, will not be shopping in Santa Barbara. No longer will we be taking our out of town visitors to Santa Barbara.
Obviously, the ordinance limiting the size of vehicles that can be parked within SB City limits was not well thought out prior to implementation. Please gather your best and brightest bureaucrats to thoroughly review and revise the ill-considered sections and subsections that prevent most vans from parking on city streets. This boondoggle is a waste of taxpayer money.
This ordinance is clearly targeted to individuals that live on the streets and penalize individuals whose work vans/trucks require overnight on-street parking. This a poorly thought through decision and should be recinded.
The height limit is overly restrictive for vans that are currently manufactured. Do you truly want to preclude vehicle owners from parking within city limits?
It should be a way to identify work vehicles so it does not apply this ordinance
Please remove height restriction or allow full time exemption permits for residents who own oversized vehicles
Another reason to question politicians.
Thank you for your consideration
Gustason's You can still make a delivery, just don't stop for lunch!!
I am a single mom who has driven a high profile Sprinter as a daily driver since 2006. I am currently working downtown and put my bike in my Sprinter, park on the outskirts of downtown and ride my bike to my place of work. This ordinance will have a devastating effect on the financial stability of myself and my children. This ordinance is not targeting the population it is intended.
It appears that deliveries are going to be almost impossible now.
No oversized vehicles would mean that consumers will have a hard time receiving deliveries.