Triple-Fine Safety Zone In Effect For Halloween In Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ, CA – Santa Cruz Police Department has enacted the Safety Enhancement Zone in the downtown area to help keep everyone safe this Halloween weekend.

The Safety Enhancement Zone includes TRIPLE FINES for certain Municipal Code violations committed in the zone during the designated times. In addition to the Triple Fines, the Safety Enhancement Zone will also dictate road closures and no parking zones.

To encourage respectful behavior, the SCPD has enacted the zone designation in the Downtown corridor. The Safety Enhancement Zone began at midnight and runs through 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1.

Listed below are the road closures and the times that they will be in effect:

No Parking/Tow Away zone from 10 a.m. Oct. 31 to 10 a.m. Nov. 1 on the following streets:

• Pacific Avenue between Laurel Street and Water Street.
• Cooper Street between Pacific Avenue and Front Street.
• Cathcart Street between Cedar and Pacific Avenue.
• Soquel Avenue between Pacific Avenue and Frazier Louis Lane.

No Parking/Tow Away zone from 5:00 p.m. October 31st to 3:00 a.m. November 1st, on the following streets:

• Front Street between Soquel Avenue and Laurel Street.
• River Street between South River Street and Front Street
• Front Street between River Street and Soquel Avenue
• Front Street between Water Street and River Street.

No Parking/Tow Away zone from 5:00 p.m. October 31st to 3:00 a.m. November 1st, on the following streets:

• Locust Street between Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street.
• Walnut Avenue between Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street Parking Garage.
• Cathcart Street between Pacific Avenue and Front Street.
• Church Street between Pacific Avenue and Double Decker Parking Garage

Temporary road closures from 5:00 p.m. October 31st to 03:00 a.m. November 1st, on the following streets:

• Walnut Avenue between Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street.
• Maple Street between Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street.
• Locust Street between Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street.
• Soquel Avenue between Pacific Avenue and Front Street.
• Front Street between Soquel Avenue and Laurel Street.
• Front Street between Water Street and River Street.
• Church Street between Pacific Avenue and Double Decker Parking Garage.

Temporary road closures from 10:00 a.m. October 31st to 10:00 a.m. November 1st, on the following streets:

• Pacific Avenue between Laurel Street and Water Street.
• Cathcart Street between Cedar Street and Front Street.
• Cooper Street between Pacific Avenue and Front Street.
• Lincoln Street between Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street.
• Elm Street between Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street.

The temporary rerouting of Birch Lane from an eastbound one-way roadway to a westbound one-way roadway will occur from 5:00 p.m. till 3:00 a.m. Signage will be posted at each entrance to indicate the proper traffic flow.

--Images via SCPD