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Downtown parking study finds demand peaks on weekend evenings; staff recommends ordinance updates, signage and phased enforcement
Summary
A consultant study of downtown Mooresville found about 881 public parking spaces and peak demand near 70% on a Saturday evening; staff and consultants recommended ordinance updates, better wayfinding and a phased enforcement and management strategy.
Ashton Walker, engineering services manager, and Jim Corbett of Walker Consultants presented findings from a downtown parking study and an initial set of management recommendations to the board.
Walker told the board the town and consultant expanded a previously scoped study to analyze roughly a 10‑block downtown area. The study inventoried approximately 881 public parking spaces, including about 453 town‑controlled off‑street spaces and roughly 164 on‑street spaces. Walkers’ team conducted utilization counts across two consecutive days in February (mid‑morning, mid‑afternoon and early evening observations) and recorded license plates for turnover analysis.
Corbett summarized the observations: Saturday evening was the peak period (the study coincided with an American Heart Association gala at the…
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