[Vision2020] Parking Downtown Moscow

[Mark Solomon]

It certainly becomes an interesting issue as on-street parking at 
that end of town is already highly limited by street design and 
hospital/medical office use. As I understand the withdrawn proposal, 
it would have included some element of residential use. Seeing as the 
downtown no overnight parking rules apply to the streets in that 
area, the development (without off-street parking) could either: 
displace the parking problem for residents to side streets on the 
east side of Washington, or; encourage non-vehicle owners to reside 
in a pedestrian friendly area. Although I like to think 
optimistically, in the absence of covenants supporting the pedestrian 
friendly approach, the first result is the most likely.

m.


At 12:56 PM -0700 6/27/06, Bill London wrote:
>In other words, in the spirit of free enterprise, the developer was rebuffed
>in his effort to create a situation where his problem (providing adequate
>parking for his development) would become a city problem and therefore all
>of us would bear the cost of solving that problem?????
>BL
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Solomon" <msolomon at moscow.com>
>To: "Bill London" <london at moscow.com>; "Nils Peterson"
><nils_peterson at wsu.edu>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:21 PM
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Parking Downtown Moscow
>
>
>>  I'm assuming that he pulled it because he was specifically asking for
>>  rezone to CBD which is the only zone that does not have an off-street
>>  parking requirement, a likely factor in his decision to ask for that
>>  specific zoning designation.
>>
>>  m.
>>
>>  At 10:04 AM -0700 6/27/06, Bill London wrote:
>>  >N-
>>  >I just do not get it.
>>  >Why did Beebe pull his development when asked about off-street parking?
>>  >what is the big deal?
>>  >Off-street parking places are regularly included within urban
>developments.
>>  >P&Z was right to bring it up.
>>  >Why would a developer quit in a huff over that issue?
>>  >BL
>>  >----- Original Message -----
>>  >From: "Nils Peterson" <nils_peterson at wsu.edu>
>>  >To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>  >Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 6:32 AM
>>  >Subject: [Vision2020] Parking Downtown Moscow
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >>  A couple weeks ago or so, Rick Beebe pulled a rezone application for
>the
>>  >>  south end of downtown -- the issue that came to a head in P&Z was
>related
>>  >to
>>  >>  parking. Shortly after Murph wrote an editorial along the lines that
>we
>>  >>  can'd use parking as a weapon to bludgeon would-be development
>downtown.
>>  >>
>>  >>  But I just lost a few hours sleep over the issue (blame hot weather
>for
>>  >>  sleeping with the windows open and listening to the Jake brakes on
>trucks
>>  >>  coming in from Troy.)
>>  >>
>>  >>  Lets take parking as a serious issue. Lets take the abandoned (or
>>  >>  abandoning) area along the railroads as a real issue, and think about
>>  >>  NewCities recommendation to grow inward (ie the railroad lands).
>>  >>
>>  >>  How can we think about parking, and about the changes in that area of
>>  >>  downtown? How can they help one another? How are they not connected?
>>  >>
>>  >>
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