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Neighborhood leaders call for ramped up parking enforcement and strategic tools
Summary
In Georgetown and other areas, commissioners said parking enforcement remains far below pre‑pandemic levels; they urged purchase and deployment of automated license‑plate readers and support for a Strategic Parking Enforcement Enhancement Act to enable reimbursable enforcement details.
Neighborhood advocates told the committee that parking enforcement declines since the pandemic have left two‑hour spaces occupied all day, reducing turnover for visitors and customers. Joseph Matthews (ANC chair) said his group’s snapshot showed overall parking enforcement down roughly 50% from pre‑COVID levels and two‑hour violation enforcement down about 70%.
Witnesses urged the council to provide funding for more parking enforcement personnel, to buy the 100 automated license‑plate readers that were authorized but not yet purchased, and to pass the Strategic Parking Enforcement Enhancement Act to enable reimbursable enforcement details with local institutions. They said stronger enforcement would reduce commuter parking and increase compliance.
