As an adjunct to review of the parking debacle on upper Spring Street, Planning Chair Melissa Greene said last Tuesday she and City Economic Development Director Glenna Booth walked along King Street to assess parking there.
Greene provided an inventory of kinds of dwellings in the neighborhood, some of which are legally non-conforming multi-unit residences which are not required to provide off-street parking. Greene also noted one Bed & Breakfast appeared to be out of compliance by not providing adequate parking per unit.
“If folks would just park in their designated spaces, the problem would be solved,” commissioner Woodie Acord said.
Commissioner Susan Harman suggested they see how striping on Spring Street plays out, but keep the new data in case they proceed toward permitted parking. Booth was not convinced striping would resolve the problem, but commissioner Doug Breitling said it would at least force drivers to use space more efficiently.
Greene told commissioners Mayor Butch Berry had suggested yet another street for their attention at some point, so parking in neighborhoods will continue to be on Planning’s radar.