Flexibility Sought for Special Event Parking
Changes to the Ann Arbor city code – to allow more flexibility for temporary off-street parking at special events – were recommended for approval by the Ann Arbor planning commission. The recommendation, made at the commission’s Nov. 7, 2012 meeting, will now be forwarded to city council.
An amendment would be made in the city’s off-street parking ordinance (Chapter 59 of the city code). Currently, the ordinance bans parking in the “front open space” of private property. If vehicles aren’t parked in a legal parking lot or driveway, they could be ticketed.
According to a staff memo that accompanied the recommendation, Chapter 59 includes an exception that allows parking in the front open space on UM football game days and by permit … [Full Story]