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Overnight Parking Ban

At a glance

  • What: Docket 62-26, filed by nine councilors, asks for a discussion and ordinance change to the City's Overnight Parking Ban.
  • Where it stands: The Public Safety & Transportation Committee approved the item 6-1 after holding it at eight meetings between February 18 and September 9, 2026. On October 5 the full Council postponed it to a date certain of October 19, 2026, by 16-8.
  • Next: Council takes the item up again on October 19, 2026, with the Committee to clarify the ordinance language first. An amendment about angle parking next to commercial parcels was raised and withdrawn.

Committee history

The Public Safety & Transportation Committee held the item 6-0 (Councilor Silber not voting) on February 18, 2026; 7-0 on March 4, April 8 and June 17; 7-0 (Councilor Golden not voting) on July 23; 6-0 on August 5; 6-0 (Councilor Golden not voting) on August 26; and 7-0 on September 9. It approved the item 6-1 (Councilor Block opposed, Councilor Irish not voting) at a later meeting whose date the Actions do not give. The Actions list a 180-day date of July 25, 2026.

Sponsors

Lucas, Block, Silber, Kalis, Irish, Farrell, Krintzman, Wright, Charm.

Log

2026-10-05 - City Council Meeting

  • Docket 62-26 was on the Council floor after the Public Safety & Transportation Committee approved it 6-1 (Councilor Block opposed, Councilor Irish not voting).
  • Councilor Getz moved an amendment adding a clause to exclude angle parking that abuts commercial parcels from being converted to overnight parking by Traffic Council; Councilor Farrell seconded.
  • Councilor Baker then moved to postpone to a date certain of October 19, 2026, so the Committee could clarify the ordinance language and the Council could review updated text outside meeting time. Councilor Getz rescinded the amendment.
  • The postponement passed 16-8. Opposed: Dahmubed, Golden, Greenberg, Kelley, Krintzman, Lucas, Roche, Silber. Three of the opponents (Krintzman, Lucas, Silber) are among the nine sponsors.

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