COLUMBUS, Ind. — Downtown workers, visitors and residents should prepare to curb their pandemic parking habits, as city regulations will go back into effect on Monday.
The Columbus Board of Works voted Tuesday to adopt the Columbus Parking Commission’s recommendations on resuming downtown parking enforcement and put them into effect Monday.
“Since we’re noticing an increase in the amount of employee parking back downtown, we feel like that enforcement needs to probably follow suit,” said parking commission chairman and Columbus City Councilman Tom Dell.
During the pandemic, enforcement of all downtown three-hour parking regulations was put on hold (with the exception of handicap spaces). Businesses were also allowed two short-term pickup spaces.
The commission’s resolution recommended to the board that enforcement of all time limit restrictions should restart and also suggested a “grace period” with the use of warning tickets. In addition, the resolution states that all parking spaces for short-term carry-out pickup should be removed, with spaces reverting to previous time limits.
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