Zuma Beach Underpass Touted As Possible Daytime Car Impound Lot
Written by 991KBU on May 18, 2021
Malibu has a tow–away problem.
What to do with cars that block traffic … block driveways … block fire lanes.
Last summer … that resulted in at least one resident having to spend the night in a hotel because she could not get into her driveway or park anywhere close.
Public safety commissioners have been on a hunt … trying to find a place somewhere near Zuma Beach … to temporarily park impounded cars during daytime hours.
Any cars left at night would be towed to an impound yard .. 22 miles away … in Newbury Park.
Using part of the barely-used Malibu Equestrian Center was one idea … the horse people bucked back.
Public safety commissioners Josh Speigel tells KBUU the parking lot has to be within walkng distance of Zuma Beach.
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“Badically narrows it down from everything outside Point Dume and anything west of Trancas.
And the zoning has to be institutional.
“So we were left with Malibu Methodist School … with toddlers in church …and they said no.
“We were left with the (Malibu) High School … with its ongoing construction.
“They said go ahead and use the equestrian center … ther citizens were obviously up in arms.
“We basically were left with the turnaround near Zuma.”
That would be the center of the circular underpass ramp … across Busch Drive from Spruzzos.
As you might expect … some people who live near there object.
Traffic … noise … too many people.
What about the children.
If the city cannot find an acceptable place … last summer’s total chaos will repeat … with no effective way to tow away cars.
The matter goes before the Planning Commission on June 7th.
