Cape Council to consider ‘holistic approach’ to commercial parking
The city of Cape Coral may be ready to tackle citywide commercial parking regulations.
Mayor John Gunter added commercial vehicle parking to Cape Coral City Council’s Wednesday’s workshop agenda, saying there should be holistic approach for the entire city.
That sentiment was acknowledged by Council members.
There are a variety of commercial vehicle restrictions throughout Cape Coral with some of them pertaining to certain streets. “Commercial vehicles” were established as those greater than a ton.
“I wanted to have a discussion to see if the council had a preference. We have been talking about this for at least the last seven years to have a city approach for commercial vehicle regulations,” Gunter said. “We have several ordinances where this particular roadway can’t park here during these times, another roadway during these times.”
Gunter said there are no regulations for rights-of-way for residential or commercial areas.
“We will put signs up on this street – they move to the next street, or block. That is not he greatest approach,” he said.
Many council members agreed that it would be valuable to have a citywide approach.
Councilmember Bill Steinke said he was in favor of that to stop migration from one to another street but would also like to spend time and effort in finding solutions to the problem.
City staff agreed to bring back with alternatives as well as bring back the regulatory component at a future workshop.