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Board adopts downtown resident parking ordinance but holds permit fees for 2025
Summary
After extensive public comment from downtown residents, the board approved a central-business parking ordinance and voted to hold residential permit fees at $0 for 2025 while staff/owners work on a plan for 2026.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors on Feb. 4 adopted an ordinance establishing a downtown residential parking program but amended the pricing so that permit fees for residents will be held in abeyance for calendar year 2025.
The ordinance (O-25-04) would create a residential permit system for a defined downtown area (Prospect Avenue north along Central Avenue to the Whittington/Park Avenue split). Under staff’s original proposal permits were to be tiered: a primary-zone permit priced at $260 per quarter ($1,040 annually) and a secondary-zone permit at $130 per quarter ($520 annually). The board kept the program structure — including permitting one primary and one secondary vehicle per address — but approved Director Karen Garcia’s motion to set the fee at $0 for 2025 to give residents and…
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