Posted on

Why not offer developers in Ridgewood incentives to provide public parking?

Parking Garage

December 5,2015
Boyd A. Loving

Ridgewood NJ , Here’s a question for those so eager to sink millions of taxpayer dollars into the construction of a massive parking garage in Ridgewood’s Central Business District (CBD):

Why not offer any developer who would like to build luxury (not high density) housing in the CBD, an incentive of some sort if public parking is included as a component of their project?

If the need for public parking is as bad as those promoting the construction of a taxpayer funded garage say it is, wouldn’t it make sense to have each developer offer public parking in their respective buildings?  Especially any developer(s) who want to build near the train station and/or concentration of restaurants along Oak and Chestnut Streets?