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Council adopts elective neighborhood parking permit program limited to Uptown block after amendment
Summary
On third reading the council approved Ordinance 5933 establishing an elective residential parking permit program limited, by friendly amendment, to the east side of North Main Street between Saffran and Looney avenues in the Uptown area; the permit fee was discussed as $50 but several members indicated support for free permits or rebates.
The Memphis City Council approved an elective neighborhood parking permit program (Ordinance 5933) on third and final reading after a friendly amendment narrowed the program's scope to a specific Uptown block.
Councilman Adrien Smiley, sponsor of the ordinance, said the measure responds to complaints from homeowners in the Uptown neighborhood who said residents of nearby apartment complexes were parking on streets in front of single‑family homes, blocking mailboxes and driveways and leaving abandoned vehicles. "People who live in homes should have the ability to…
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