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Ashland commissioners approve first reading of timed downtown parking ordinance, discuss parcel purchase to expand lots
Summary
City manager presented a free timed parking model using license-plate readers, outlined a two-hour limit and tiered fines, and commissioners approved first reading of a parking ordinance and moved forward on a related parcel purchase to enable restriping and added spaces.
City of Ashland officials on June 26 approved first reading of an ordinance to establish downtown parking regulations that would use license-plate readers (LPRs) to enforce a two-hour free parking period and a tiered citation structure.
The proposal, presented by Tony D. Grubb, city manager, would set a two-hour time limit in the designated zone, allow several “free unlimited” lots (including the public garage and lots beside the Paramount and hotel), and use LPRs to start the two-hour timer when a vehicle is scanned. "If you count 2 hours from the time you enter the zone and park, you'll be fine," Grubb said during the presentation.
The ordinance is intended to address merchant complaints about long-term daytime parking by the same vehicles (“roosters”) while avoiding paid meters. Grubb told commissioners the city researched similar programs used in Wheeling,…
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