Merchants press Cold Spring trustees to cut $75 parking fine and ease delivery rules
Chamber and Main Street committee urged trustees to reduce the $75 first-offense parking fine, improve signage, add loading (15-minute) spaces and pilot business credits in the metered system; trustees stressed parking revenue supports about 5% of the village’s general fund and said code changes will require public hearings.
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Trustees heard an extended presentation from the Chamber and the Main Street committee on concerns with the paid parking program, including signage, enforcement and penalties. A chamber representative told the board that the current first-offense ticket of $75 “seems really excessive,” and urged consideration of a lower initial fine or a fast-pay reduced amount used in some other villages.
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