[RBS] Shopping center turning into a used car showroom

[Debby Stern]

Even 8-hour free parking would prevent people from storing their cars 
there and would still let people who work there drive to work. Parking 
meters, on the other hand, would encourage us to shop elsewhere.

Debby

On 10/11/2011 5:50 PM, Ephrayim Naiman wrote:
>> It is impossible to find parking in the shopping center on kishon.
>> I counted at least 10 cars for sale, several of them with the same phone number.
>> I know people may be shopping and happen to be selling their cars, but it
>> seems strange that so many cars are for sale, especially by the same owner.
>>
>> Has anyone noticed this and noticed as well if the cars are there at night
>> and very early in the morning?
>> If so, can anything be done to prevent this?
>> Now that the car rental companies improved their parking, we have to deal
>> with a show room in the pathetic parking lot that we have.
>>      
> Yes, many have complained to the Iriya about this problem.
>
> First of all, the Iriya is not fully enforcing the rental cars - only
> about 60%-70% are out and the Iriya needs to be bugged about doing
> their job (another 15-25 rental cars are still hanging around the
> merkaz).
>
> In terms of the "cars for sale" - according to the Iriya there is
> "little we can do, since they are often not real businesses, therefore
> we can't stop them from using the 'public' area for business
> purposes".
> The Iriya claims that the "only real solution is to put up parking meters".
>
> I personally disagree.
> I *strongly* believe that if there were 2- or 3-hour free parking
> policy and the Iriya hired serious pakachim to enforce this - it would
> free up 50-80 spots (fines should cover the cost of the pakachim and
> possibly more):
>
> + 15+ car rentals
> + 4 jeeps
> + 15+ cars from people who live in the project but enclosed their parking spot
> + 15+ store owners/employees
> + 8+ "cars for sale"
>
> After numerous attempts, I have been unsuccessful in convincing the
> Iriya to try this :-(
>
>