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Hot Springs proposes $5/hour flat rate and new employee permits in broad paid-parking overhaul
Summary
Deputy City Manager Lance Spicer presented an omnibus ordinance to simplify central-zone rates to $5 per hour, expand and cap employee permits, add a seasonal employee permit option, and reclassify parts of Fountain Street; staff projects central-zone revenue to rise from about $250,000 in 2025 to roughly $660,000 under the proposal.
Deputy City Manager Lance Spicer outlined an omnibus ordinance (O-26-04) that would reshape Hot Springs’ downtown paid-parking program, including a proposed $5-per-hour flat rate in the primary Central Avenue zone and new rules for employee and residential permits. Spicer told the board the flat $5 rate, with a four-hour maximum, would increase projected revenue in that zone from roughly $250,000 in 2025 to about $660,000 under the new pricing.
Spicer said the proposal would also reclassify parts of Fountain Street to a primary zone with a $2-per-hour rate and no time restriction, mirroring areas near Ouachita…
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