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He suggested that the key to a workable and fair parking ordinance lies in the intensity of use of the commercial spaces. “The problem is that once a special use permit is granted a low-density use can become a highdensity use.”
He presented three options for the planners to consider: set different requirements for different type businesses; leave the ordinance as it is; or reduce the requirement “so we are not the ones forcing-the paving over of the town. ”
Ms. Kramer added that there is also a fourth option: designate an area of no on-street parking, or perhaps even close Gay St. between Mt. Salem Ave. and Middle St., and provide a “park and walk” lot on the outskirts of town. In addition to alleviating the parking problem in the heart of town, where most business and government offices are located, it would allow the town hall £nd adjoining land to be developed as a “town square,” she said.
Mr. Wickens pointed out that the town lacks funds to tackle the acquisition of property'and the building of a parking lot. He noted, also, the need to solicit the opinions of merchants along the street. “Good planning is not simply a head count; we need to take account of those views. We’re not in the business of ramming things through.”
Commissioner Susan Parrish added that an analogy to a historic district such as Williamsburg doesn’t hold in Washington. “This is a town where people live,” she said, and closing a street to cars might work a
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