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Lake Forest advances plan to simplify downtown parking, staff to pursue vendor RFP and enforcement technology

City of Lake Forest City Council · December 2, 2025
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Summary

City staff recommended simplifying Central Business District parking zones, shifting customer spaces toward businesses, creating perimeter employee zones, and adopting a permit-management system with automated license-plate readers; council provided direction to refine proposals and return with an RFP and implementation details.

City staff on Dec. 1 presented a multi-part plan to reorganize parking in Lake Forest’s Central Business District (CBD) and to modernize permit management and enforcement.

Assistant to the City Manager Carrie Kaup said the staff committee’s three goals were to simplify parking zones and signage, put customer spaces closest to businesses and move employee parking to perimeter lots, and improve permit management and enforcement through technology. Staff recommended…

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