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Originally Posted by westopher
Most neighbourhoods already have the yearly permits. $45 a year beats roaming the streets looking for the 10 feet per block that you can fight with 50 other cars for to avoid the restrictions of hourly/permit parking. At that point the permit will probably save you that in gas you spend circling the block and moving your car before the hourly restrictions start at 7am.
I get it costs money, but if $45/year is a game changer, you can't afford a car.
$1000-2000 is a totally different ball game.
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I am not aware that most neighbourhoods already have year parking permits, and in my experience, I'd say most residential neighbourhoods in CoV has no such permit requirements right now. In the places that are close to busy commercial / business areas, then yes -- first there are parking meters next to the main streets, and a little further away, there are areas that require parking permit so that business patrons won't take up all the parking spaces from the residents.
The $45 permit is also for overnight parking. If the area is already flooded with street parked cars for that kind of use, I don't see how the permit will improve that sort of situation, but it will bring in a sizable amount of revenue for City Hall.