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Morganton council adopts downtown parking overhaul, expands enforcement and raises fines
Summary
Morganton City Council approved amendments to downtown parking rules that extend customer time limits, convert several lots to all-day free parking for visitors, adopt a T2 mobile ticketing system, increase common fines and impose booting and tow policies; staff will use a 30-day warning period before civil enforcement begins.
MORGANTON, N.C. — The Morganton City Council on Dec. 1 approved a package of downtown parking ordinance amendments and a new fee schedule that expand free, longer-term parking for customers while stepping up enforcement of time limits for on-street spaces.
Sharon Germolotsky, speaking for the parking committee, told the council the changes aim to prioritize customer turnover and make parking more convenient for visitors. The amendments raise most two-hour spaces to three hours, designate all four sides of Courthouse Square as all-day free parking for customers and visitors (with residential permitting allowed on three sides but explicitly excluding East Union Street), and convert several currently timed lots into all-day free…
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