West Hollywood Extends Temporary Suspension Of Enforcement Of Parking Regulations

Press release from the City of West Hollywood:

July 30, 2020

The City of West Hollywood is making every effort to respond to community needs during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

On Friday, July 10, 2020 the City of West Hollywood’s City Manager and Director of Emergency Services, issued an eighth Emergency Executive Order (2020-8), which implemented emergency measures to temporarily suspend enforcement of specified parking requirements. Effective with that Order, the City of West Hollywood suspended enforcement of parking regulations for residential street sweeping and peak/rush-hour zone restrictions (7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on La Brea Avenue, Crescent Heights Boulevard, and Fountain Avenue) until July 31, 2020.

The City of West Hollywood’s Department of Public Works has authorized an extension to the temporary suspension of enforcement of residential street sweeping and peak/rush-hour zone restrictions through Sunday, August 16, 2020. The City of West Hollywood may further suspend enforcement of parking regulations, as necessary, to maintain consistency with the City of Los Angeles.

No updates or changes have been made to a related temporary policy in which, due to an increase in working at home, residents with valid resident, guest, or visitor parking permits may continue to park at nearby parking meters during residential street sweeping. Vehicles must have a permit displayed and may park up to 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after the posted hours for street sweeping at the address where the permit is registered. The ability of permit holders to park at meters for residential street sweeping will be in effect until Monday, August 31, 2020. The City encourages residents to move their vehicles to assist in keeping streets clean.

Temporary modifications to parking enforcement are intended to provide relief to residents in the City of West Hollywood who are experiencing uncertainty due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic while continuing to heed state and county health and safety measures intended to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. The City of West Hollywood shares municipal borders with the City of Los Angeles. To avoid uncertainty and confusion associated with various local parking regulations in place during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic while some residents remain at home, the City of West Hollywood is implementing flexible temporary parking measures to coincide with those adopted by the City of Los Angeles.

For more information about the enforcement of parking regulations, please visit www.weho.org/parking for regular updates. For information about parking citations, please call the Parking Violations Bureau at (800) 687-2458.

The City of West Hollywood has declared a local emergency in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. When in public, community members should maintain your space with social (physical) distancing of at least six feet, and cover that face to adhere to City requirements for the use of face coverings.

Public Health officials recommend cloth face coverings so that medical-grade and N95 masks may be prioritized in the supply chain for healthcare workers and first responders. Face coverings are not required for young children under two-years-old; children between two- and eight-years-old should only wear face coverings with adult supervision; and people with certain medical conditions are exempt from this requirement.

The City encourages residents to remain home as much as is practical and limit close contact with others outside of a household. Additionally, people 65 years old or older and all people of any age with underlying health conditions should remain at home whenever possible; people in these categories should only leave their residences to seek medical care, exercise, or obtain food or other necessities.

West Hollywood City Hall is currently closed to the public and has suspended all in-person transactions. Most public City buildings, playgrounds, and facilities remain closed. City Hall remains accessible for business and essential services with transactions to be conducted by phone (323) 848-6400 and via the City’s website at www.weho.org.

The City of West Hollywood coronavirus updates are available at www.weho.org/coronavirus and the City encourages community members to follow @wehocity on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and turn on notifications for up-to-date information regarding details in the City of West Hollywood.

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For updates and information about the current numbers of COVID-19 cases in the United States and in Los Angeles County, the spread of the virus, severity, treatments, precautions, and other important public health information in multiple languages, please visit websites for:

• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus
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This press release was produced by the City of West Hollywood. The views expressed here are the author’s own.