[OMS_MANAGERS] downtown parking

[Carole Smith]

Thanks Jenifer.  I doubt the employees would put the stickers on their cars - but that was an interesting idea.  Also, what if an employee was downtown shopping - they could only use their paid parking spot and never park on-street.

We used to have good enforcement so employees NEVER parked in the street, and if they did, their first ticket was $100, their second ticket was $180 and all tickets after that were $250 (but the parking officer had to ticket the employee IN the business where they work).  Then the City decided it was too difficult to ticket employees, so they stopped. . . . Now about 1/3 of all our on-street spaces are being used by employees, and the city doesn't care as long as they move every two hours and the City gets revenue whenever they don't - so they are happy with this solution.  We are trying to work with out city council to remedy this, but staff always speak louder.

Carole


On May 29, 2012, at 9:34 AM, Jenifer Kay Hood, TEAM wrote:

> Salem is notorious for ticketing. An idea I have seen is employers in the area give employees a sticker, which notifies parking enforcement that this is an employee. I know for a fact that just the scenario you have outlined has happened in Salem--it happened to me when I was in the area for a meeting. This discourages repeat customers for certain types of businesses. See if the city council's reasoning was the same as in K Falls and if so suggest the employee tag method. Best, JKH
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> From: "Salem Downtown Partnership" <salemdowntownpartnership at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 11:14 AM
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> Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] downtown parking
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>> Hi all,
>> 
>> The City of Salem has a clause in their 2 hour parking ordinance we find annoying.  The clause prevents our customers from parking more than once per day on any block downtown.  Example, if a customer comes downtown in the morning for coffee, and comes back in the afternoon to shop, and happens to park in the same block they used in the morning - they get a ticket. . . .  Needless to say this has been a major problems for our customers who want to support us, but also don't like getting tickets.
>> 
>> Do any of your cities have this ordinance, and what have you done about it?
>> 
>> Carole Smith
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