For the past couple of years, due to a lack of staff resources, the police department has not been able to consistently enforce two hour parking. However, we continue to receive complaints that many people continue to violate the two hour limit downtown and around the courthouse area. This is becoming problematic for the downtown businesses because vehicles left all day in front of businesses may create a loss of revenue for the business. Due to the numerous reporting of parking violations, the police department will be immediately conducting more parking enforcement. Additionally, we are looking at expanding resources and technology to more efficiently enforce parking violations. This includes looking at a contract with a parking enforcement company to process citations and collect fines to include liens on vehicles for persons who fail to pay citations.
