Denver City Council is cracking down on big corporations flaunting street rules, and in the process, has discovered a major problem with residential parking.
In the quest to help small businesses get large commercial vehicles off the roads in front of their property, Denver City Council members considered updates toat an April 11 Land Use, Transportation, & Infrastructure committee hearing — specifically how far a vehicle must move to qualify as parking in a different spot than the one in which it was parked earlier.
“On my block, everyone parks in front of their house in the same spot,” said Council President Jamie Torres before asking whether the 72-hour rule officially applies to cars parked outside of residences. The updates proposed by city officials at the hearing include expanding rules governing large vehicles in residential areas to commercial and industrial areas, changing the distance a vehicle must be moved to count as being parked in a new spot, and expanding the rules involving junkers.
“That stuff is, again, not as far as a lot of these folks were hoping we would go, but I think gives a little bit of peace of mind and sanity back when you're trying to run your business all day and also trying to deal with these issues,” Clark said. Right now, if a person is in a junker when the enforcement team tries to ticket the vehicle, the ticket is only valid if the person’s driver's license information is taken. The proposed changes would allow tickets without driver's license information, as the city has also observed people skirting tickets by refusing to open the door and hand over their license to enforcement officials.
Kniech noted how people like to park their car in sight when possible to check if it is safe or whether a or other miscreant is on the prowl. A 700-foot requirement means that they would have to park their car more than a block away every three days.
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