Waste of Parking Spaces

I was recently up at the shopping center on Haskell Cyn and Seco.  While I was driving around looking for a place to park I noticed these…

From what I could tell these were parking spaces reserved for motorcycles.  Since they were all empty, but all the other spots were full I can only assume this is a total waste of space.  I think 2-3 cars could’ve parked there if they were marked accordingly.

I had no idea motorcycle parking was so hard to come by. 

If anyone knows why these spots are like this, please enlighten me.