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Council weighs jury-parking waiver, veterans and disabled exemptions for downtown timed parking
Summary
Councilors discussed a pilot to waive citations for jurors and whether to amend downtown parking ordinances to exempt disabled placards and certain veterans’ credentials from time limits.
The Amarillo City Council discussed formalizing temporary and permanent exceptions to downtown timed parking after Potter County’s courthouse-demolition displaced juror parking and renewed complaints from downtown businesses.
City staff said Potter County’s demolition of the old courthouse removed roughly 150 off‑street spaces used by employees and jurors, and the county asked the city to ease enforcement for people serving jury duty. The city…
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