KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — Those renting reserved parking bays in front of their business premises from Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) have been warned to open the parking lots for public use after business hours.
DBKL’s Economic Planning and Development Department director Azmi Abdul Hamid said a notice sent out early this month serves as a last warning to parking bay tenants to adhere to the designated hours.
“With immediate effect, the moment we receive a complaint from the public or if DBKL’s enforcement team spot any parking bays that are not open after business hours, we will record it in the system and the tenants won’t be allowed to renew the parking tenure which expires every quarterly,” he told the Malay Mail.
Last month, DBKL said increased complaints from the public about these reserved parking bays with red lines locked with a pole after business hours have been received.
DBKL has made it clear that parking bays are rented to tenants only from 7.30am to 6pm from Mondays to Saturdays, beyond that it should be opened to the public.
Azmi said the highest number of complaints were received from residents in Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
Following the complaints, DBKL has increased enforcement in the area to curb the menace.
“We decided there will be no more new reserved parking bays rented out to business owners in Taman Tun Dr Ismail for the time being, starting last month,” he said.
He urged the public to lodge complaints to DBKL if they discover errant tenants who still lock the bays after the designated hours.
DBKL has 3,883 parking bays in the city leased out for RM400 per month in the central business district, while the ones outside the city centre are leased out between RM215 and RM240.
Those parking bays are rented out under strict conditions set by DBKL depending on the nature of business such as banks (security vehicles) and clinics (medical emergencies).
“The parking bays are not individual’s designated parking for their private convenience,” he said.
