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Council weighs one-way streets and diagonal parking to add downtown spaces
Summary
Committee members debated pulling a two-hour parking ordinance in favor of studying one-way streets with diagonal parking as a pilot, while some members cautioned the issue may stem from a long-running dispute between neighbors and raised enforcement and cost concerns.
A committee member raised the ordinance on two-hour parking and the Chair said she would pull it from tonight's agenda so the safety committee could continue discussion. Speaker 7 proposed studying one-way streets with diagonal parking to increase spaces near the park and downtown: "looking at 1 way streets with possible diagonal parking on possibly both sides where it's allowable," the member said. Several council members agreed the idea could create more spaces for events and downtown customers.
Not all members supported immediate change. Speaker 3 criticized taking action to resolve what he called a personal dispute between neighbors, saying, "we've got a solution looking for a problem here." The Chair and others noted enforceability and costs — from painting lines to signage — and the solicitor advised that making a street one-way and authorizing diagonal parking would require separate ordinances. Members floated a pilot on two streets and ties to planned street reconstruction as potential next steps.
