DENVER | Main Development Thread #6

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New residents are normally entitled to resident parking permits once they become residents themselves.. The purpose of those is to keep people who are in the neighborhood temporarily for work, school, or special events, from filling all of the spots on a short term basis. That is not the same thing as what you are saying, which places current residents over people who choose to locate in the neighborhood later.

I completely agree that parking is a quality-of-life issue in the city. Which is why people who buy old houses in established neighborhoods should find a way to provide themselves some alley-loaded off-street parking, and not depend on the rest of us to subsidize it for them. Perhaps they should be required to provide it in the same ratios a new development would have to provide. And if there isn't physical space, apply for a variance. Most houses can accommodate it, though, and are just too cheap or stubborn to do so.

Or they can save their backyards and ride horses. As was intended at the time those houses were new.