Short North Parking Pilot
The City is proposing the Short North Parking Pilot Program (still in draft form) to
address residential permit parking in an effort to:
- Protect neighborhood parking - Promote
retail patronage
- Encourage use of alternate forms of transportation - Limit congestion in the Short North
- Manage demand for on-street parking
created by commercial attractions
The information below is best reviewed
with the draft permit parking map, the proposed Short North Parking Pilot
Program guidelines and the draft rules and regulations. These documents can be
found by visiting columbus.gov/publicservice/parking/proposed-short-north-pilot-program.
Permit
Parking Boundaries Map
Please review the map online to view the boundaries of each permit zone. The area within the gray
dotted line within each permit zone will become Paid Parking for visitors. The
area outside the gray dotted line in each permit zones will remain Free Parking
to visitors.
On-Street
Restrictions
An on-street restriction and “Paid”
parking is needed to provide vehicle turnover. The proposed options are:
Two options are proposed in the Free areas of each permit zone:
- Three-hour, on-street restriction at
all times, OR
- Six-hour, on-street restriction Monday
through Friday, 7 a.m. – 4 p.m., and a three-hour restriction
all other times of the day
Three options are proposed in the Paid areas of each permit zone:
- Three-hour, on-street restriction at
all times, OR
- Three-hour, on-street restriction with
the ability to purchase one additional hour, OR
- Six-hour, on-street restriction Monday
through Friday, 7 a.m. – 4 p.m., and a three-hour restriction all other times of the day
Permit holders are exempt from time
limits and paying the hourly rate. The general public will be time limited and
required to pay for parking in the “Paid” areas. Permit holders are required to
pay single-space meter locations.
Residential
Parking Permit
The annual fee is $50 per permit and will
expire on January 31 each year. Each household will be limited to two permits.
New multi-family developments will not be
eligible for residential parking permits.
High Street buildings with residential
units will not be eligible for residential parking permits. Existing High
Street multi-family units that currently receive residential parking permits
will be grandfathered in and continue to receive permits.
Multi-family
dwellings with four or more units that have available off-street parking will
not be eligible for residential parking permits (still determining the
feasibility).
Visitor permits
Visitor hangtags will no longer be issued
in the pilot area. Visitor permits will be available online or at the Parking
Violations Bureau and must provide the license plate number of the visitor.
There are several options depending on the needs of the visitor:
- 1-day pass: $5 each, 100 passes per year
(first five for free)
- 3-day pass: $10 each, seven passes per year
- 7-day pass: $20
each, four passes per year
- 30-day
pass: $40 each, two passes per year
Business
Parking Permit
All businesses will be limited to two
business parking permits per business and will expire annually on January 31.
The annual fee for High Street businesses will be $100 per permit. The annual
fee of off-High Street businesses will be $50 per permit. Business permits
provide access to legally park in the permit zone of the business location.
Technology
options for Paid residential streets
There are two options for Paid
residential streets. A mixture of pay-by-cell and multi-space kiosks OR
pay-by-cell only.
Pay-by-cell
- Requires all users to download the mobile payment app and create an
account
- All transactions completed with credit card
- Pass convenience fee on to consumer (if applicable)
- For non-smartphone visitors, the option to call or text may be
available
Multi-space kiosks
- Option to pay with cash, credit card or pay-by-cell
- Requires the user to enter the license plate number of the vehicle
- Each kiosk services 8-10 parking spaces depending on placement
Enforcement
Enforcement is critical to the success of
the program. License Plate Readers will allow parking enforcement officers to
drive down the street and quickly and effectively enforce residential permits,
visitor permits and Paid streets.
Parking
Benefit District
(Still vetting, these are possible options)
A percentage of the on-street parking
revenue is given back to the pilot area to support programs such as:
Employee Parking Programs such as:
- Discounted transit passes
- Shuttle services to downtown/university district garages
- Discounted rates in Short North/downtown/university district garages
- Small business validation programs in Short North garages
- Shared valet program: Consolidate several valet programs to increase
on-street parking
- Litter clean-up program in the “Paid” parking areas
- Safety and security programs.
- Communications and wayfinding programs to help visitors find parking
and local attractions