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Hot Springs board limits paid parking to Central Avenue, lowers Central rate to $4; emergency clause set for March 1
Summary
After extensive public comment and debate, the Hot Springs Board adopted an amended version of Ordinance O-26-04 that confines paid parking to Central Avenue and three lots, sets Central at $4 per hour (4-hour max) and Fountain/parking deck/Hill Wheatley at $2 per hour; an emergency clause makes the change effective March 1, 2026.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors voted Feb. 17 to adopt an amended paid-parking ordinance that narrows regulated paid parking to Central Avenue and three downtown lots and reduces the Central Avenue hourly rate to $4.
Deputy City Manager Lance Spicer presented “Option B,” a simplified two-zone plan that originally proposed a $5-per-hour priority zone on Central Avenue (4-hour maximum), a $2-per-hour secondary zone and elimination of employee permits. Spicer said staff planned to convert roughly 340 previously paid spaces into unregulated, free spaces and to introduce a ParkMobile app for mobile payments once rate and zone decisions are finalized.
The downtown merchants and employees mounted a sustained campaign against requiring…
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