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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Visitor parking is the tough nut to crack...I can envision a bit of a solution through a more comprehensive parking permit setup, where my $100 annual registration entitling to park in front of my suburban home also includes say 50 hours of higher demand parking (where you have to activate it without requiring payment until those hours expire)...part of a bigger idea that would require much longer explanation.
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IDK that it's that hard to crack -- we already have this program for visitor parking. Residents get two visitor permits (they have to prove their address in order to qualify), which can be used to allow guests to park in a limited set of zones only, for a limited amount of time (maximum 14 days).
https://www.calgaryparking.com/parki...visitorpermits
If anything, the 14 days could be reduced but this part of the program already works. IDK why we have to start charging $150/year for it. Again, the problem isn't temporary cars parked on the street, it's permanent storage. Yet somehow the temporary visitor rates are higher than the permanent "i don't use my garage because parking on the street is cheap" rates!
I haven't heard any complaints from residents, or seen the city explain what their issue would be with this part of the program. To me it seems like an overreach by administration to help them reach their cost target and to avoid having to put the full cost on permanent parking (probably in a failed attempt to avoid backlash).