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Gaston County public‑works staff recommend reinstating paid parking and studying a parking deck for courthouse
Summary
Public Works Director Dan Zeen and Wilson Lemley told commissioners the South Lot near the courthouse reaches capacity each morning and proposed reinstating paid parking, modernizing enforcement, and creating a parking enterprise fund to finance a future parking deck.
Public Works Director Dan Zeen and Wilson Lemley presented a courthouse parking review to the Board of Commissioners on Oct. 28 that described constrained parking near the courthouse, a decline in paid‑parking revenue since 2022, and a multi‑stage approach to relieve shortages.
Zeen and Lemley said the courthouse is served by a South Lot with 233 spaces (171 generally open to the public, 62 reserved for employees, jurors and officers) and a lower North Lot with roughly 805 spaces. The South Lot fills early in the day, and jury events can add 100–150 additional visitors, pushing more courthouse users to the lower lot or to adjacent facilities. Staff reported total paid‑parking revenue between 2007 and 2022 of just over $1.8 million and an annual high near $192,207 while noting…
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