Below are the findings of the survey that was conducted by Rita Pescatore, Office Manager, Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, on behalf of Mark Brodeur, Community and Economic Development Director, City of Pacific Grove. The survey was conducted on Friday, February 27, 2015.
A total of 78 businesses in the downtown district were visited. The number of businesses that agreed with the three hour parking: 66 The number of businesses that did not agree with the three hour parking: 12
General comments by business owners/managers:
Need to enforce parking time limits especially on Lighthouse Avenue and Forest Avenue
Owners of businesses continue to park their cars in front of other businesses on Lighthouse Avenue all day
Two hour parking is long enough on Forest Avenue
Do not want parking meters and any type of paid parking downtown