Neighborhood Meeting to Discuss Permit Parking Request on Perry St. & W. 4th Ave.

Proposed Permit Parking Zone

Kristen Easterday, Harrison West Society President, will facilitate a meeting to discuss the permit parking request for Perry Street and West 4th Avenue. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 7 p.m. at the Harrison Park Condos Community Center. The meeting is a forum in which the permit petitioner, a representative from the city, Short North Civic Association Administrator Chet Ridenour and the Harrison West Society can discuss the best way to address the difficulties that residents in the area have been experiencing since construction began on the new OSU Medical Center. Everyone interested in providing feedback on the proposed permit parking request is encouraged to attend the discussion of this community-wide issue.

You may recall that a neighbor on Perry Street organized a petition and collected enough signatures to apply to the city to change the parking status on portions of Perry Street and West 4th Avenue to permit-only between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The initiative was the prompted by an influx into the area of contractors from OSU that has resulted in increased litter, early morning noise, open-container violations and an erosion of local residents’ ability to park near their homes, especially during the daytime hours.

At the request of the Harrison West Society, the Transportation and Pedestrian Commission postponed a decision on the permit request for 60 days. The society requested the delay so that neighbors with strong opinions on both sides of the issue could work together to try to find a solution that would be mutually agreeable. The request is now scheduled to be heard on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 5 p.m. January 8, 2014 is our neighborhood’s opportunity to create our own solution to this neighborhood issue. Please plan to attend and offer your thoughts.

For reference, we have included the City’s RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT PERMIT PARKING

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