Parking Bylaw changes

Post date: Oct 02, 2019 12:34:16 PM

The Chief's memo outlines proposed changes to parking bylaws in an effort to simplify parking and update as needed. I would recommend discussing at this meeting and taking any related action at the next meeting.

As his memo notes, we gathered some data over the summer tracking behaviors for some items already on the books and also how changed spaces were performing to see if additional controls were needed yet.

While these regulations can be changed by vote of the Board as needed, most of the existing rules have been on the books for quite a while and we felt that re-evaluating what was occurring and what we were trying to achieve, relative to the downside of doing so, was warranted.

The questions we considered included:

Is there a hazardous condition that needs to be controlled?

Do we need to be concerned about turnover of spaces in a location and at what times and intervals?

How can we simplify where ever possible?

Is the control addressing a significant problem or is the control designed for the limited bad behavior generating more negative outcomes?

Now that conditions on the ground have changed, how to we catch up old rules to new conditions?