If one of your favorite parts of visiting Westfield Century City is not paying a dime for parking three hours, well, you're going to have to find a new reason.
The mall could be getting rid of its free parking altogether by 2013 with the blessing of the city's planning commission, according to Century City Patch. It turns out that workers in nearby offices were abusing the system. They would park in the structure and re-park periodically to avoid having to pay for parking while they were at work.
We're guessing there are going to be a lot of grumpy customers who don't like paying for anything—even though paying at least a nominal fee for parking at local malls is pretty much the norm around town.
"I only heard about it yesterday, and I think customers are going to be very unhappy when they find out about it," Terry Tegnazian, co-president of community group Save Westwood Village, told The Huffington Post.
Tegnazian is urging members of his group to contact Westfield and LA City Councilman Paul Koretz to at least provide two hours of free parking.
Westfield hasn't said what its rates will be or when they go into effect, but spokesperson Katy Dickey said in a statement to the Huffington Post: "Although the rate structure has not been finalized, it'll be reasonable, consistent and competitive with city parking rates, as well as those found in other retail centers located in similarly dense urban environments."
