Comments on: The Long Awaited Recommended Decatur Parking Ordinance Updates

By: jkga

jkga — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:00:16 +0000

A gentle suggestion to the City: documents like these proposed ordinances would be even more useful to the public if they were posted as searchable PDF’s instead of image scans.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:50:18 +0000

Wow. Good pick-up. Does or did Agnes Scott have any? And where did the reference to fraternities come from?

You know, we already have an adult prom in town. Maybe we need an adult rush week too! But no hazing!

By: Greg Coleson

Greg Coleson — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:10:50 +0000

East and West court square would be good candidates for demand pricing or even better grass and trees.

By: TOK

TOK — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:52:54 +0000

Offhand, reducing the amount the mandatory parking for commercial sites and expanding allowed sharing sounds good to me. If businesses decide that having lots of on-site parking is needed in order to attract customers, then they can provide it. If not, they don't need to, and shouldn't be required to. Mandating lots of parking just distorts the market. Of course, for this to work, then the city also shouldn't provide tons on on-street parking for free or for nominal costs. There should be demand-driven pricing for on-street parking, depending on the time of day, which can be implemented pretty easily nowadays through smart parking meters. This is all basically from The High Cost of Free Parking, which makes a lot of sense to me.

By: Iheartnelliebelle

Iheartnelliebelle — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:31:10 +0000

There are fraternities and sororities in Decatur?