Parking kunundrum upcoming in Cottage Place lot
November 6,2014
Boyd A. Loving
9:48 AM
Ridgewood NJ, Based on discussions held during 11/05’s Village Council Work Session, beginning in early 2015, the Cottage Place municipal parking lot may become an authorized destination for the following “all day” parkers (in addition to retaining its role as a lot open to all who want to “pay as you go” using coins):1) Vehicles displaying “unlimited parking – resident” hang tags – available for $750 per calendar year to Ridgewood residents (this hang tag will entitle Ridgewood residents to park all day in any municipal parking lot, including Cottage Place – additional sticker required for parking at train station lot, but the sticker is free).
2) Vehicles displaying “unlimited parking – non-resident” hang tags – available for $1500 per calendar year to non-Ridgewood residents (non-Ridgewood residents may park all day only in the Cottage Place lot).
3) Vehicles displaying “unlimited parking – employee” hang tags – available for $80 per month (non-resident employees of Ridgewood businesses may park all day only at the Cottage Place municipal lot, or at the Ken Smith Motors lot).
Coincident with the introduction of the new hang tag offerings, time limits will be reduced to three (3) hours on all parking lot meters and the hourly rate will be changed.
I am wrong to think that some, not all, of the those who should be paying $1500 per year to park in the Cottage Place lot will try to find someone who can get them either a $750 per year resident tag, or an $80 per month employee tag?
What technology, if any, will be used to ensure that the Resident and Employee hang tags are actually being displayed on vehicles being used by those who were entitled to purchase the tags?
