[Summit] Fw: FW: On-Street Residential Permit Parking Initiative

anna galloway highsmith anna at occupant.org
Thu Sep 13 15:23:38 UTC 2007 

It seems to make sense to do it street-by-street, or neighborhood-by- 
neighborhood. My street, Colonial, is so narrow that street parking  
can make it hard to navigate. A few times I've seen delivery and  
utility vehicles be unable to get through, and I worry about fire  
trucks having access. So I wouldn't be in favor of overnight parking  
on our street, but it might make sense on wider streets.

Anna
Colonial Rd


On Sep 13, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Allan Tear wrote:

> Incidentally, there is a city ordinance that prohibits the paving  
> of a significant amount (more than 50%) of the square footage of  
> the lot. Enforcing this is the responsibility of the enforcement  
> division of the building dept, and it has been unenforced if there  
> is no building permit/variance request (which there almost never is).
>
> There is a good argument that the lack of onstreet parking  
> contributes to the overpaving of lots, and its attendant  
> consequences - overcrowding, runoff, decreased tree cover and  
> general urban ugliness.
>
>  It really is a question of what enforcement approach we as a city  
> would like to live with for building codes, tenancy rules, and  
> parking. The enforcement approach that we have doesn't seem to be  
> accomplishing its intent, which is to limit tenant density in  
> multifamilies, although we might like the accompanying feature of  
> having (mostly) clear curbs.
>
> Best, Allan
> 93 Lauriston
>
> On 9/13/07, Jennifer Luxmoore <jennifer at luxmoore.com> wrote:
> I agree with this, I would love (really love!!) to have a back  
> yard. (I can't have a dog, because we have no yard for him and I  
> love dogs!) Our back yard is all pavement. We have 2 cars, and we  
> live in a 3 family so there are spaces for 3 other cars, thus no  
> yard. If we could have 2 spaces on street, we could have a yard.  
> Plus there would be space in the driveway for the (what seems to be  
> rarer and rarer) occurrence of a snow storm.
> Jennifer Luxmoore
> jennifer at luxmoore.com
>
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2007, at 8:01 AM, Jennifer Cole wrote:
>
>> There is already an ordinance on the books regarding how many  
>> unrelated persons can be "packed" into an apartment. Do you not  
>> want the onstreet permitted parking in your neighborhood or  
>> anywhere in Providence. As you probably know there are lots of  
>> neighborhoods, mine included where the houses built at the turn of  
>> the century and before, which have neither driveways nor parking,  
>> thus every lot which comes available gets turned into a parking  
>> lot. You know how folks don't like living next to giant parking  
>> lots in this neighborhood? Well, there are plenty of large lots  
>> like that all over the city simply because there's no place to put  
>> cars at the houses. So I would support a neighborhood by  
>> neighborhood approach to this. Places that don't need it don't  
>> need to have it, and places that do need it, can have it, and  
>> perhaps we can stop paving over every available yard and lot in  
>> the city.
>>
>>
>> From: summit-bounces at sna.providence.ri.us [mailto:summit- 
>> bounces at sna.providence.ri.us] On Behalf Of Paul Aceto
>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 5:43 AM
>> To: Summit Neighborhood
>> Subject: [Summit] Fw: FW: On-Street Residential Permit Parking  
>> Initiative
>>
>>
>>     I for one do not want on-street parking. There are far too  
>> many cars in the neighborhood already. Walk around early in the  
>> morning and you will see cars parked on the street and yards full  
>> of cars, most of which have out-of-state plates. I'm sure  
>> landlords who rent to students would like this passed. They would  
>> be able to pack even more college students into their properties.
>>
>>
>>     Don't forget about winter. On-street parking during and after  
>> a snowstorm is a serious problem. In other cities where this is  
>> allowed, turf wars develop. Heaven help the person who parks in a  
>> spot that someone else has shoveled out.
>>
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: Greg Gerritt
>>
>> To: Summit Neighborhood
>>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:56 PM
>>
>> Subject: [Summit] FW: On-Street Residential Permit Parking Initiative
>>
>>
>> Parking and a neighborhood by neighborhood approach.  In some  
>> cities it is a block by block appraoch.  greg
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>> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:51:51 -0700
>> To: Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com >
>> Subject: On-Street Residential Permit Parking Initiative
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>> Wednesday, 12 September 2007
>> Many people came out to our September General Meeting last Tuesday  
>> to discuss Resident Permit Parking--an initiative that would allow  
>> overnight on-street parking in select areas. Councilman Lombardi,  
>> David Everett from the Planning Department, Lt. Day from the  
>> Police Department, and Patrick Ward, founder of Citizens for  
>> Resident Permit Parking (CRPP) were present. David Everett  
>> discussed the existing pilot program in Washington Park and  
>> Patrick Ward discussed his efforts to bring permit parking to all  
>> city neighborhoods. The City has extended the pilot or "trial"  
>> period for resident permit parking until 2009, and other  
>> neighborhoods are expected to join.
>>
>> West Side neighbors at the meeting decided to begin gathering  
>> signatures for petitions to the City Council and Mayor to  
>> demonstrate their interest in extending the pilot program to this  
>> area. While the City will not be able add the entire West Broadway  
>> neighborhood as a pilot area, we hope that the City and Councilman  
>> Lombardi will consider designating those areas where it is the  
>> most feasible and practical.
>>
>> If you are interested in taking part in this grassroots effort and  
>> would like to gather signatures from your neighbors, please let us  
>> know the block or the street you will gather signatures from and  
>> we will email you a copy of the petition form.
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