Sounds like a plan to me! There IS and should be FREE parking to RESIDENTS ONLY! It was FREE before! No one should have to bear the burden of "location". Let the residents apply for the decal/permit, then charge everybody else! Case closed!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Teddysea@... wrote: > > Nicely stated, Sharon. > > I would like to add a few things re parking. Here are the regulations > from what I consider a "sister" city in Provincetown, Ma (but the rich > sister). This is a small town that has almost no individual parking > available for > homes, condos or businesses but lots of public parking. However, in > season the town has upwards of 50,000 visitors a day. > > Here is how they handle parking: > > Parking Fund > Paid parking lots and parking meters in Provincetown deposit nearly $1.5 > million a year into the Town's Parking Fund. > The Parking Fund is then used for parking-related purposes and to reduce > the property tax levy, pursuant to special legislation Chapter 790 of the > Acts of 1981. > > wow, what a concept--reduce already low property taxes... > > > Provincetown parking permit rates, per vehicle, per year shall be: > Resident Senior (59).....Free > Resident Passenger.....$55 > Commercial Resident.....$140 > Non Resident Property Owner.....$100 > Anyone bearing a Provincetown parking permit shall be allowed to park free > in Provincetown municipal parking lots and at parking meters. > > 4-9-1 RESIDENT ONLY PARKING ZONES > Resident only parking zones shall be so designated and allow parking of > vehicles bearing > only valid resident parking permits. > > And, if you really want to feel bad go to the website: > _www.provincetown-ma.gov_ (http://www.provincetown-ma.gov) . It took me > about 1 minute to > find the complete parking regulations (still looking on the Asbury site). > Also you will find complete minutes of all town meetings and boards and > copies of the actual council meetings on video. One can only dream. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
