New valet parking suspended in Manhattan Beach
Paper covering the expanded hours on a sign at the new valet drop-off location in front of the Strand House has come off. Photo The city’s expansion of its downtown valet parking program, which included added hours, two new drop-off locations and a fee increase, has stopped almost as soon as it started. The new additions were rolled out on Friday, July 31, but were stopped the following Monday when a resident filed a complaint with the California Coastal Commission, the state agency which regulates access to the coast. The new hours, locations and fee have been suspended until the issue can be heard by the commission. Meanwhile, the two drop-off locations on Manhattan Avenue, in front of Fonz’s and MB Post, that were already operating from Wednesday through Saturday, 6 p.m. to midnight, are still in use. Bill Victor, who submitted the complaint, known as an appeal, said that the two new valet drop-off locations in front of the Strand House on Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Arthur J on Manhattan Avenue took away street parking spaces, which cost less than the $11 the program was to charge per car. He argued the increase in the fee from its previous $9 rate discouraged people from…
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