This area is called a street terrace. Many residents park their vehicles on the terraces. And that sort of clutters up the street. Under the new ordinance, the city will work with landowners. Each landowner will have the choice of allowing the city to pave the terrace and put in a high curb at the edge of the street so that parking on this land will no longer be possible.
Some landowners have lots, driveways and back alleys on their property for parking.
Others depend on the on-street parking and terraces for their residents, Wrighton said. They have to park here. That's the only option unless they want to walk five miles. If landowners need the space for off-street parking, they will have the opportunity to put down concrete or asphalt at their own expense, Wrighton said. The city would build a curb high enough to distinguish the terrace from the street but low enough for cars to drive up onto the terrace to park.