The most common complaint has been the lack of visibility to drivers attempting to exit parking lots when the large vehicles parked along the street block the view of oncoming cars. Evidently this has been the experience for those who work along portions of Knowles Drive, Los Gatos Boulevard and Blossom Hill Road.

The town has received 11 letters, signed by more than 30 employees who work in buildings between 110 and 180 Knowles Drive, and has heard testimony from others about the parking situation.

The letters describe drivers risking blind turns onto the street and near-misses with oncoming cars travelling at more than 30 mph. Some of the letters also include requests for the town to limit the height of vehicles that can park there, limit parking hours between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. or extend red curbs to twice the current length of 100 feet.

Existing town codes allow car owners to park on public streets with no restrictions on the size or height of the vehicles so long as the automobile is moved within 72 hours, said town parking coordinator Carol Musser. She also said the town is establishing a 24-hour abandoned vehicle hotline that citizens can call to help the town better monitor the parking situation.

Changing town codes is an option, but that would be a lengthy process, said town engineer Kevin Rohani. Before taking such a drastic step, the town should address the issue that there aren't many places in Los Gatos where semi-trucks and trailers can park, he said.

The public works department is also considering whether to restripe that portion of Knowles Drive and have the large vehicles park on the other side of the street, where no exits out of parking lots exist.

The town has also received reports from individuals that truck drivers who once parked at the Vasona Technology Park in Campbell until "No Parking" signs went up are now parking at the El Gato shopping center and elsewhere in town.

Matthew Jue, traffic engineer for the city of Campbell, said developers of a new project had mistakenly installed more parking restriction signs along Dell Avenue than had originally been intended and that this was only brought to the city's attention recently. Within the next couple of weeks, the city will have removed the extra signs and bring the number of "No Parking" signs back to the original number before the development project, Jue said.

"It wasn't the intent on our part to push the trucks out of the city," Jue said, adding that Campbell has always had a good working relationship with the town of Los Gatos.