Why doesn the City have a downtown residential parking permit program like neighborhoods adjacent to downtown?
A9: The complexity of downtown is quite different from the adjacent neighborhoods (Goose Hollow, Lair Hill/Corbett/Terwilliger) the latter being predominately residential. In downtown, the scarce on-street resource must be managed to have high turnover and serve multiple businesses rather than warehousing a car all day. City Council has identified the following as priorities in City-owned parking, short-term (under 4 hours), carpooling, and long-term. As of 1991, all meters in the downtown core were converted to 1-hour, 90 minutes, 3-hour, and some quick stop 15-minute meters. Where the City owns a garage, the surrounding meters are 1-hour or 90 minutes; otherwise there’s a mix of 1-hour, 90 minutes, and 3-hour. Only the furthest edges of the Central Business District have 5-hour meters. The City has continued working with the Downtown Community Association to find an off-street parking solution for older residential buildings, and additional demonstration programs will be undertaken a
