Parking in alleyways
Driving into an alleyway in Hollister and realizing you can’t
get through because another vehicle is stopped can be frustrating,
and perhaps dangerous. Especially along San Benito Street, a parked
vehicle in an alley can mean the driver pulling in has to
immediately pull back out onto the busy main drag.
Driving into an alleyway in Hollister and realizing you can’t get through because another vehicle is stopped can be frustrating, and perhaps dangerous. Especially along San Benito Street, a parked vehicle in an alley can mean the driver pulling in has to immediately pull back out onto the busy main drag.
But according to a streets official, although it is “technically” illegal to park in certain alleys while some have time constraints, doing so for a short period of time – such as during a delivery – is OK. Hollister’s Associate Civil Engineer David Rubcic, who has oversight of streets, said the issue hasn’t really come up before. He noted how if someone stops and blocks an alley, the vehicle can be towed. The city, however, appears to take a lax approach if drivers are stopping only temporarily, for instance to load or unload supplies, according to Rubcic, who called the practice “reasonable” for delivery drivers.
“If someone’s making a delivery, they can make the delivery and do what they need to do,” he said.
