Colquitt Avenue Residents-Only Parking Decision Due in April
Residents want a solution to being parked off their street by visitors to Little Five Points
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INMAN PARK — The city's public works department says residents of Colquitt Avenue NE could learn by early April if their application for residents-only parking will be approved.
"This application is still in process," spokeswoman Valerie Bell-Smith told East Atlanta Patch. "We are completing traffic studies associated with the request.
"Once all studies are complete a recommendation will be sent the neighborhood advising them of our findings and whether or not their application is approved. We expect to have the response completed by early April 2012."
Colquitt Avenue homeowners created a plan that mandates residents-only parking from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. daily.
Residents saw it as a compromise with businesses in Little Five Points that opposed the restrictions.
Colquitt stretches from Euclid to North Highland avenues, but it's narrow and has parking only on one side.
Because they don't have parking restrictions, residents say they get the brunt of visitors seeking to avoid on-street metered parking and the pay lots.
FamilyOfFour
8:21 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
I have lived in other major cities where residents get residential parking stickers for their cars where they live. There was a small annual fee of $15, but that paid for the parking officers. You could also get temporary passes for family that would visit for several days that you would put in your windshield or if you rented a car. Loved it!
http://www.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/Services/Parking+Services/View+All/Residential+Permit+Parking