The latest development on this front is a public hearing being held on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 in the Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building at 1 Veterans Place at 7:00 PM. The County will propose multiple "Residential Permit Parking Areas" in existing residential neighborhoods north of Takoma Park, west of the Prince George's County line, south of Indian Spring Drive, and east of the existing East Silver Spring and Seven Oaks permit parking areas.
Not only will the overall parking scheme generate more play money for our spendthrift County Council, but it will also serve their needs in their ongoing War on Cars. They will ultimately charge a higher, exorbitant annual fee for each additional vehicle you own beyond the first. Eventually, they believe, the price point will surpass the amount you can afford to pay, and you will reduce your family "fleet" to one vehicle shared by all.
Theoretically, developers profiting from the Purple Line and BRT ought to pay for and provide parking, or cover the cost of residential parking permits, if the latter is deemed necessary. Our County Council, which receives more than 80% of its campaign donations from developers, thinks otherwise.
According to the hearing announcement, public comment and the Hearing Officer's report and recommendation will provide the basis for County Executive Ike Leggett's final decision on the matter.
Idiotic fear-mongering. I've lived on a residential permit parking street for decades - it's effectively free for a homeowner to register their cars ($20/year for the permit). And it's an OPTIONAL service provided by the county. The residents of the block choose what, if any, restrictions are in place.
ReplyDelete10:37: You seem to have confused your existing terms of parking with what I am saying is coming down the road in the future in this article.
DeleteIf you are familiar with the model used in D.C., which is what our politicians are looking at for the future, it is exactly the type of draconian system I'm referring to here.
I grew up on a street with permit parking, it's not exorbitant. At one point we - a family of five - had three cars, and all parked in the neighborhood with no issues.
ReplyDeleteThe bigger annoyance is the changeover to electronic visitor parking registration. When you just had a visitor parking permit you could loan it to workmen, long-term visitors, that sort of thing, and not really worry about it. Now you have to call in and register the vehicle, and there are limits on how often you can do so. Very frustrating.
I find it absolutely hilarious that Dyer complains that no corporations move their headquarters to Montgomery County, but out of the other side of his mouth attacks developers and corporations for not going (which already pay high property and income tax in Montgomery County) for not shelling out more of their money to the county's coffers.
ReplyDeleteNewsflash: you can't have it both ways.
11:58: Again, you make the same error as the County Council in believing that construction of luxury apartment buildings, which produce a net loss in County funds due to the services they require to support, are the sole definition of economic development.
DeleteLuxury apartments on the Purple Line are not equivalent to having the Northrop headquarters, or the Lockheed satellite facility, with thousands of 6-figure salary jobs.