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Planning, Development & Transportation
Residential Parking Permit Program: Status Report October 8, 2013
Background. Citizens in various Fort Collins neighborhoods have had concerns for many years
about vehicles parking in their neighborhoods that belong to people who are not residents of
those neighborhoods. On August 20, 2013, City Council approved Ordinance 102, 2013,
authorizing City staff to implement residential parking permit programs to address these
problems. Staff has drafted the program administrative guidelines and identified priority
neighborhoods to begin implementation.
Current work at Spring Court. Staff selected the neighborhood on Spring Court, just south of
Creekside Park and west of College Avenue, as the first neighborhood for the program. This
neighborhood has had on-going problems for years caused by nearby businesses. More recently,
there have been concerns about residents of the Summit parking near Spring Court. Staff has
collected data to verify the problem, held a meeting with residents to discuss their options,
surveyed residents about their preferences (a majority said they want the permit program), and
has determined that the neighborhood qualifies for the residential parking program. The program
will officially be implemented in the next two to three weeks.
Current work at Stuart and Remington. The area east of College between Spring Park Drive
and Parker Street, including Stuart and Remington, has been the source of several concerns.
Some residents have cited parking availability as an issue, and claim that residents of the Summit
are parking in the area. Others have noted illegal parking activities, including parking in
driveways, parking in front of fire hydrants, and parking on sidewalks. Staff is collecting data on
parking availability to determine if a permit program is appropriate. Initial data indicate that
parking availability may not be enough of a problem to warrant a residential permit program.
Staff will continue data collection for another two weeks and then make a final determination.
Also, the Summit is implementing parking mitigation measures, and staff wants to see if those
measures are effective before taking action on a program that may not be needed in the long-
term. Staff has stepped up enforcement efforts in the area to correct the illegal parking problems.
Enhanced enforcement will continue as long as problems with illegal parking exist.
Other neighborhoods. During the recently-completed Parking Plan, residents of other
neighborhoods expressed concerns about parking problems and asked about the possibility of a
residential permit program. Staff has contact information for people in these neighborhoods and
will contact them this fall to begin a process of prioritizing which neighborhoods to work with
next. Those neighborhoods include (not in priority order):
Laurel and Mathews Area around Dunn Elementary School
Parker Street Neighborhoods near old Fort Collins High School
Bennett neighborhood University North (west of College, north of Laurel)
Sheely subdivision Area west of Shields between Elizabeth and Mulberry
Mantz subdivision Neighborhoods west of Downtown
For additional information, contact Randy Hensley (416-2058, rhensley@fcgov.com) or Jamie
Moyer (416-2036, jmoyer@fcgov.com).