Council tables broad parking code changes after rollout confusion and business complaints
After staff acknowledged technical problems and confusing messaging during week three of a new parking management rollout, councilors and dozens of residents and business owners urged changes; council voted to table a broad code amendment and directed staff to limit immediate code work to waterfront lots while staff returns with an amended parking management plan.
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City staff acknowledged shortcomings in the July rollout of Sandpoint’s new parking management program and asked the council to adopt narrow code changes that would align the municipal code with the system in use. Community Planning Director Jason Welker told the council that while the program’s goals remain turnover, resident access and equitable funding, the implementation had experienced technical glitches, confusing kiosk prompts and enforcement mistakes.
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