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Grass Valley council approves paid-parking pilot in three downtown lots
Summary
Grass Valley’s City Council voted to implement a paid-parking pilot in three downtown lots (Pioneer Village, South Church and Union Square), authorize one additional police officer to administer the program, set rates and hours, and require a one-year oversight review.
The Grass Valley City Council voted on Nov. 12 to implement a paid-parking pilot in three downtown municipal lots — Pioneer Village, South Church and Union Square — and to authorize staffing and oversight to support enforcement.
City staff recommended the pilot as a means to increase turnover in high-demand spaces, fund parking enforcement and provide more visible public-safety resources in the downtown core. Police Chief Alex Gamelgaard told the council that the three lots together account for roughly 161 off-street spaces in the downtown inventory and that the downtown area contains about 512 total on- and off-street spaces. He said the proposed schedule would apply Monday–Saturday, 8 a.m.–6 p.m., with a rate of $1 for the first two hours and $2 per…
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