| Show r i Change in Ordinance Is Essential toS to S Solution n of Cit City's s Parking Problem 0 The par parking council appointed by the city commission to study tudy Salt L Lake ke keI I City's downtown parking p problems ha hamade has made one re recommendation to the city commission m that is b basic ic to any solution of the parking problem The recommendation recommendation is that the ordinance governing govern ing In mete metered ed s stalls Us be changed to eliminate th the present provision provi sion slon that any violator may settle by making a 50 cent pa payment Within 24 21 hours of the viol violation tion ticket is is made out It Is not t the e purpose of the council counci to increase crease the vi violation lation pen penalty fo for the ordinary violator Most motorists do donot not deliberately tely over stay over their time limit in the metered zones and a 50 cent 50 ent penalty penalty pen pen- alty is sufficient lent to general ral the law Jaw B But there ire are area a few selfish individuals' individuals who persi persistently t take advantage of this thiB provision to toh jh g parking space fo for all day They never put any money oney in the parking meters and they tear I up tickets which are simply stuck on the windshield wind wind- shield of th their Jr car These persistent violators violators vio vio- vio- vio must be penalized when th they y are finally perso personally ally caught in a violation on in m much ch harsher fashion It would woula be w well for authorities to consider the advisability of such uch drastic action in the case of these thes persistent viol violators tO thra as toYing towing off cars of Joc local t tresi residents residents residents resi resi- dents dents- which had been consistently oy over over- t- t parked on the assumption that they had been abandoned on the public streets streeta Payment of towing charges and perhaps 1 A penalty in addition would soon cure this problem It is in the interest of the gen general mo motoring public that persistent parking violators violators vio yb- be severely punished be because ause they are monopolizing a considerable portion of the curb par parking ng space The There e are only approximately 2400 pa parking king meter stalls stall in the city If we had 2400 persistent persistent per per- viola violators ori who parked their cars cans all day on the downtown streets in dIsregard disregard disregard dis dIs- dis- dis regard o of the Ia law there wouldn't b be any parking space available for some Borne other er m motorists t riS J who live in this city or orthe orthe the immediate vicinity and anci who might want to park in the downtown wn area Fullest use of bt curb parking space is not the w whole answer r to the city's parking park park- lug ing problems but it is an important part of the answer if f we are are ue going to have adequate parking f facilities and relief bf the traffic cong congestion stion which h inadequate inadequate made made- quate facilities cause we must get the maximum possible use of of our curb parking parking parking park park- ing space That space must be shared spared among the grea greatest t possible number of motorists It Jt can cannot ot be mo monopolized or partia partially ly m monopolized ed by by a few feY The es est est establishment es- es t bli en of a p parking k g co control system em which hi h will p prevent event such uch I monopoly is an essential first toward solution of our problem Elimination of the 50 penalty provision in the p parking ordinance ce is defini definitely y in the interest I of the gr great t majority of Salt Lake City re residents J. J It will help make more parking sp space ce at atthe at the curb available to to them It is definitely definite definite- ly Iy in the interest of downtown property owners e businessmen and professional men It I. will make it easi easier r for their customers rs and clients to come coni down downtown downtown downtown town to to shop to visit th their jr doctor or orl l lawyer wyer etc And i it will V make malte property more valuable able It is definitely in ini int the interest of the city commission because it it will help by maintaining property values to m maintain city tax revenues The only possible objection can come from those few selfish individuals who have have b been en using curb space space as s a free garage without any consideration of the he rights of m many ny thousands of other ther r resi i- i dents They in turn deserve no consideration tion from the general public and a policy of impounding their cars as abandoned as is is' the practice in many other cities would seem very appropriate |
