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Downtown parking enforcement plan advances after debate over in‑house model and third‑party limits
Summary
Council directed staff to proceed with downtown parking management implementation while staff pursues legal guidance and evaluates in‑house versus contractor models; staff proposed hiring three part‑time enforcement specialists with license‑plate readers and budgeted about $162,000 for year one.
Staff presented a downtown parking-management plan Jan. 13 that proposes re‑enforcing the city’s longstanding three‑hour on‑street parking limit in the core downtown and staffing enforcement with city employees equipped with license‑plate readers and small electric enforcement vehicles.
Planning staff said Florida statute limits issuance of right‑of‑way parking citations to city employees,…
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