[Summit] Please Share Your Thoughts On Lifting The Overnight Parking Ban

[Jessica Cigna]

Hello folks

While I'm undecided about what's best for parking I've been following the facebook group "Lift the overnight parking ban in Providence" http://www.facebook.com/groups/8521865529/ 

The Mayor's proposal is about to be released. He is proposing to charge $100 a year for a resident parking permit and there is an exemption for streets where 75% of the residents on that street do not want overnight parking. 
There will NOT be a resident discount, meaning everyone who wants to park on the street regardless of where their car is registered will have to pay $100 a year for the permit.  


Jess on Dexterdale


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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:38:49 -0400
From: barfootjim <barfootjim at gmail.com>
To: Jesse C. Polhemus <rynemonn at yahoo.com>
Cc: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
Subject: Re: [Summit] Please Share Your Thoughts On Lifting The
    Overnight    Parking Ban
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I went to the survey, but couldn't answer a simple yes or no.  It  
would be beneficial to us to be able to leave one car out of our  
narrow driveway occasionally without it costing a ticket. HOWEVER,  
this is a narrow street (12th) and I would hate for it to be parked  
up on both sides all night most of the time. I am afraid it would be  
a safety hazard if fire truck(s), ambulance(s), and/or police  
vehicles needed to get through and over-parking, or sloppy parking  
prevented it. We already see the constriction caused by parking from  
the farmers' market - another issue.

I think the only way to do it would be to issue resident-only permits  
- perhaps for a fee - and in limited numbers. Any vehicle without a  
visible permit would be subject to the same rules now in effect. The  
permit should be good for a year, and require re-application to  
renew. There might also be a one-day or one-week permit available  
(for a fee) to allow out-of-state visitors the overnight priviledge.  
I'm thinking $50 for the yearly permit, and maybe $20 for a weekly one.

On Sep 22, 2011, at 10:06 AM, Jesse C. Polhemus wrote:

> SNA hasn't taken a position on the lifting of the overnight parking  
> ban, so we're looking to: (1) find out what you think and (2) with  
> enough interest, hold a public hearing.  To give your opinion and  
> (if you want to) be part of the request for a hearing, please  
> follow this link:
>
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NNK3R9M
>
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