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Turning Off Parking Meters from 7pm

Decision Maker: Council

Decision status: Recommendations Determined

Decision:

Moved by Councillor Forster, seconded by Councillor Chung -

It is resolved that:

(A)        Council note:

(i)          Action 1 of the City of Sydney's discussion paper, 'An Open and Creative City: Planning for culture and the night time economy', provides for shops and local businesses in areas with an established retail character to extend their opening hours without a new development consent from 7am to 10pm, seven days per week;

(ii)         community feedback included strong support for shops and local businesses in established retail areas to be able to trade from 7am to 10pm, seven days a week, without requiring additional development consent;

(iii)        feedback resulting from a review of late-night trading in Sydney also included strong support for an increase in trading hours for late-night premises across the city;

(iv)       on 13 March 2018, Inner West Council unanimously resolved to turn off parking meters at 7pm along two main streets in the Inner West local government area;

(v)         on 5 April 2018, parking meters were turned off along Norton Street, Leichhardt, and Darling Street in Rozelle and Balmain;

(vi)       the Inner West's program is funded through miscellaneous budget savings and not via an increase in parking permit fees or parking fees; and

(vii)      the Mayor of Inner West Council stated that councils generally had become too reliant on parking meter revenue, to the detriment of local business; and

(B)        the Chief Executive Officer be requested to:

(i)          investigate turning off parking meters after 7pm along City of Sydney retail and late-night high streets, including but not limited to Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, Harris Street, Pyrmont, Crown Street, Surry Hills, Glebe Point Road, Glebe and King Street, Newtown; and

(ii)         report back to Councillors on the results of that investigation via a CEO Update as soon as practicable.

Carried unanimously.

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Report author: Erin Cashman

Publication date: 16/11/2020

Date of decision: 16/11/2020

Decided at meeting: 16/11/2020 - Council

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