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Council approves parking changes, zoning variations and EV charging text amendment
Summary
The Rockford City Council approved a package of local traffic, parking and zoning measures including no-parking restrictions on sections of Broadway, new yield controls at two intersections, several zoning board variations and a text amendment to allow and count electric vehicle charging stations toward off-street parking requirements.
The Rockford City Council approved a set of Code and Regulation Committee recommendations May 5 that impose new no-parking restrictions on sections of Broadway, require yield controls at two intersections, sustain several zoning board approvals and adopt a text amendment clarifying rules for electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS).
Alderman Tarina read the committee’s recommendations, which included establishing no-parking anytime zones on the south side of Broadway from 13th Street to 15th Street and on the north side of Broadway from 11th Street to 160 feet east of 13th Street, among other parking adjustments. The committee also recommended that traffic on Oak Lawn Avenue and Princeton Avenue be required to yield prior to entering the intersection with…
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