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Blowing Rock approves new parking-enforcement system, keeps Maple Street as 3‑hour lot
Summary
Council approved purchasing parking-enforcement equipment and software, adjusted enforcement hours and fines, and kept the Maple Street lot as a 3‑hour monitored lot while encouraging additional signage and outreach to businesses about new durations.
Blowing Rock — The Town of Blowing Rock Council voted June 10 to move forward with a new parking-enforcement program that includes buying handheld enforcement devices and associated software, changing the code’s enforcement hours, and increasing fines for overtime parking.
Staff presented two vendor options: Passport (existing provider) and a T2 Systems configuration that uses handheld Samsung S23 devices running an iChalk workflow and a patron portal. Staff described features including license-plate lookup, photographic evidence, GPS tracking of enforcement activity, online payment and dispute management, and…
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