San Bruno wants ban on limos

In a quick and simple discussion Tuesday, the San Bruno City Council agreed to continue work forward with a new regulation will ban the limousines of residential streets near the San Francisco International Airport, said Mayor Larry Francis Ella The residents in the neighbourhood Belle Air often have trouble parking limousine driver, since waiting for the designation of the airport choose to park in the area. The area is located on the San Bruno Avenue on the other side of the highway 101st After months of working with airport officials, San Bruno decided the matter into their own hands by banning the big sedans of residential streets. "I am very pleased that the Council would talk about the books, there will be more fun for the residents around the park," said Belle Air resident Robert Riechel. Limo drivers often park their cars along Seventh Avenue, near the Park Avenue in Walnut for quick access to San Bruno Avenue. The quantity of the street cars and offer a lot of unsightly. Riechel and his wife documented 62 limousines in the area within 18 days in February. The large vehicles are cumbersome in the small neighborhood streets are often not in accordance with the principle of "parking regulations, Riechel said. In addition to the small road congestion, limousine drivers are seen urinating, smoking and loitering in the region, said Franz Ella. "I defy anyone to say:" We want in our neighbourhood, "said Franz Ella. The problems began about a year ago, when residents complained about the limousines. City officials began working with the airport to create a solution. In January, the airport a limousine staging lot with a real-time monitoring of air, drinks machines, space for a mobile catering truck and portable rest rooms, after a 27th February letter from Henry Thompson, deputy assistant director of airport operations management. Information about the new batch was emailed to over 1200 limousine operational services, he said. Once the limousines leaving the airport, but the administration has no control over the drivers, Thompson wrote. The new regulation will return to the Council for review in April and is likely in the early effect this summer, said Franz Ella.