Port Moody will soon be selling permits for on-street parking to residents of multi-family dwellings.
City council has given the go ahead for plastic placard permits to be sold for $56 a year to allow residents in designated areas to park outside of their buildings. Since they hang from the rear-view mirror, permit holders can transfer them temporarily to visitors.
There is a risk the address only and licence plate options will result in more passes being issued than available on-street parking spaces, and they’ll be given or sold to non-residential users.
“Let’s see if there are any issues,” said Coun. Rob Vagramov. “Keep a close eye out on Craigslist to see if there’s anybody trying to sell them.”
The permits were first proposed by Mayor Mike Clay in June 2017 so residents can park beside their homes.
A staff report said the city expects to sell about 750 permits for the 620 on-street parking spaces available in the designated areas which include Klahnie, Suter Brook, Moody Centre, Newport, Coronation, Balmoral, Dewdney Trunk Road, Fraser, Viewmount and Brookside. Permit holders will be allowed to park for four hours on weekdays with no time limitation in the evening or on weekends.
In April, council rejected a staff recommendation of a program that would have seen the permits administered through ICBC vehicle registration and a licence plate recognition system for enforcement. Council said it was too complex and the estimated fee of $62 was too high.
