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Kalispell council directs staff to limit hours at Seventeenth Street parking lots to 7 p.m.
Summary
City council gave direction during a work session to change posted hours on two municipal parking lots near Seventeenth Street and First Avenue to 7:00 p.m., asking staff to install signage and monitor enforcement; no formal vote was taken.
During a Kalispell City Council work session, council members directed city staff to change posted hours for two municipal parking lots near Seventeenth Street and First Avenue so the lots close at 7:00 p.m., with signage and enforcement to follow. The direction was given by consensus; the change does not represent a formal ordinance vote.
City Manager Russell said the lots were originally built to provide overflow parking for school events and related activities and noted the city "doesn't see any issue with it going to 07:00 because then you just, you know, stop that problem before it even occurs further into the night." He told the council the police department has purview over…
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