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Business owner asks council to resolve Main Street parking enforcement after citation
Summary
Justin Millard, owner of Xcrawl LLC, told the council he received a parking ticket after moving customer vehicles and cited a state statute that requires a 20-foot setback; the council asked staff to review the issue and report back.
Justin Millard (identified in the record as owner of Xcrawl LLC) addressed the council during public comment to raise a parking-enforcement problem on Main Street. Millard said a law-enforcement officer instructed him to park customer vehicles in parking spots, but later he was ticketed for parking on the south side of Main Street. Millard said he was told the state statute requires 20 feet from any approach, and argued strict enforcement would remove roughly 20 spaces on Main Street and harm local businesses.
Millard described operational difficulties for his business if vehicles could not be kept near a long approach (he said his approach is about 85 feet long), including handling inoperable vehicles dropped by tow. He urged the council and staff to develop a consistent rule and asked whether the city would treat the east end of Main Street differently.
S5 thanked Millard for raising the issue, said this was the first the council had heard of it, and directed staff to take it up and attempt to resolve it; S3 and others indicated further review at a future meeting. No statute citation beyond 'state statute' or formal enforcement guidance was provided in the meeting record.
Next steps: staff was asked to review enforcement practices and report back to the council; no ordinance change or immediate action was taken at the meeting.
