CITY PANEL TO STUDY RV PARKING SITUATION SOME RESIDENTS URGE MOTOR HOMES BE BANNED FROM SITTING ON STREETS.Byline: JASON Jason, in Greek mythology Jason, in Greek mythology, son of Aeson. When Pelias usurped the throne of Iolcus and killed (or imprisoned) Aeson and most of his descendants, Jason was smuggled off to the centaur Chiron, who reared him secretly on Mt. Pelion. KANDEL Staff Writer BURBANK -- Hoping to quell quell tr.v. quelled, quell·ing, quells 1. To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot. 2. criticism from RV owners, the Burbank Traffic and Transportation Committee has backed away from a recommendation to impose tighter parking restrictions on recreational vehicles on city streets. More than 100 RV owners packed a meeting Thursday at City Hall, and 40 people addressed the 12-member panel. ``We don't want to upset anybody,'' said Sam Asheghian, a member of the committee who also owns Xpert Auto Repair on Magnolia Magnolia, city, United States Magnolia (măgnō`lyə), city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Boulevard. ``We decided to put it on hold and make a committee to talk with some of the RV owners and then we'll go from there to see what we can come up with.'' The issue came up last summer after Woodstock Lane residents Steve Oliver and Bob Burdette asked whether the city could impose parking restrictions on RVs on Kenneth Road, where RVs have been seen parking overnight. ``It's inconsiderate in·con·sid·er·ate adj. 1. Thoughtless of others; displaying a lack of consideration. 2. Not well considered or carefully thought out; ill-advised. ,'' said Oliver, a Burbank certified public accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. . ``If I owned an RV, I wouldn't park it in front of somebody else's house.'' Over the next month, the committee is expected to form another panel to study RV parking and try to address concerns on both sides of the issue. The committee is expected to discuss the issue again at its next committee meeting on July 13. ``It's very important because I happen to have a 40-foot RV and I physically am not able to prepare my motor home for a trip in the time frame that they were suggesting,'' said Stan Hyman, a Toluca Lake resident who drove through Burbank a couple of weekends ago in his second 21-foot motor home afixing 42 fliers to RVs parked in neighborhoods to spread the word about the committee's consideration of a no-parking rule. ``There were people that got the fliers. They made copies themselves and put them out,'' said Hyman, who plans to retrieve his 40-foot diesel-pusher RV from storage today to park it in front of his Toluca Lake home and gear up for a trip to Lake Santee in the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. area. ``We put out the seed and it germinated and it grew.'' Hyman said the RV parking issue is exacerbated because there are few RV storage sites nearby, and the ones that are close have long waiting lists. The Benchmark RV Center in Sun Valley is filled up. It has 280 RVs in storage. ``I've got a waiting list of about 25,'' said service manager Robert Reel. ``It's real hard to find storage space, absolutely. Places like us, there's not a ton of us around.'' Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. faces similar issues. The City Council's Transportation Committee has asked the Department of Transportation to draft an ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been that could range from prohibiting RVs from parking in the city, limiting the hours in which RVs can park on city streets, or designating areas for RVs to park. Currently, state law says vehicles can park in one spot up to 72 hours at a time. ``One option is to prohibit parking at night,'' said John Fisher
Saint John Fisher also John Cardinal Fisher (c. 1469 – 1535), was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal and martyr. , the Burbank DOT's assistant general manager, who said the ordinance could be drafted within 30 days. ``That would address a lot of the concerns. ... We're looking at a number of options.'' jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3306 |
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