CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The City of Cheyenne could soon be making amendments to various current parking laws.
On January 13th, the City Council referred a proposed ordinance to the Public Services Committee that if passed, claims would “Provide a more efficient and manageable parking program that will address chronic abuses and loopholes in the current system.”
In March of 2018, Mayor Orr transferred the parking administration management to the Cheyenne Police Department.
The proposed amendments to current parking have come from Chief of Police, Brian Kosak who in the proposed ordinance says that”Existing codes rely on inefficient processes and the updates are intended to introduce customer conveniences and automation.”
One of the biggest changes would be for food trucks/mobile food establishments, bona-fide downtown construction/maintenance workers, and downtown residents to apply for a special permit that would allow those businesses and individuals to park longer than the current two-hour limit.
The proposed ordinance says “These special permits are not required but would allow business or individuals added convenience. This will also give the Traffic Engineer additional information about traffic flow and parking
availability. They will know parking availability prior to issuing other permits or inconveniencing other businesses.”
If passed, these special parking permits would cost $60.00 per month.
Another suggested change to current parking laws would be in regards to cracking down on people who abuse current signed time limitations. The new ordinance would call for not allow individuals to shift their parked vehicles from one space to another nearby one.
“Therefore, vehicles will no longer be allowed to hopscotch within time limit zones. An individual will only be able to park on a block face once a day. This will encourage individuals working downtown to use the parking facilities and allow customers to park at businesses store fronts.” the proposed ordinance went on to say.
The Cheyenne Police Department says that they will utilize new license plate recognition (LPR) technology mounted on parking vehicles to help monitor compliance with this regulation and ensure that parking space utilization adheres to the posted policy.
Based upon the offered amendment to current law, vehicles will be required to move to a different block face in order to remain in compliance.
According to the proposed ordinance a “Block Face” is defined as one side of a specific city block where a sign puts a time limit on parking.
Other changes to current parking laws within the proposed ordinance include some of the following:
- Immobilization of cars.
- Authority to impound illegally park vehicles.
- Requests for hearing in parking cases.
- Fine schedules.
- The prohibition of backing up a motor vehicle into a diagonal space.
For further information on all of the proposed changes to current parking laws please follow this link.
