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Boyd Loving
Ridgewood NJ, responding to reports of juveniles congregating on the parking garage’s top level. Recently, a report was received of juveniles hanging over the ledge on the top deck taking photos/videos. Someone on social media reported that his employees were hit by snowballs thrown from the top deck. Ugly as it might seem (with respect to appearance and expense), is it time to consider the installation of safety fencing around the top deck’s ledge?
February 27,2018
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, walker report 2015-It is typical in downtowns that the revenue stream in a given garage is not sufficient to cover its operating costs and debt service. Downtown parking systems are just that – systems – that rely on pooled revenue from all resources, and especially the on-street meters (which tend to have the highest turnover), to cover the higher cost associated with building and operating a garage. This is the case in Ridgewood, where the net new revenue projected for the garage is not projected to offset its expenses. Therefore, our revenue projection includes all bottom of page 1
Full report from 2015
https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/manager/2015walkerFinal.pdf
