Hearing set on proposal to license parking lots

YOUNGSTOWN — The city planning commission will have a public hearing Tuesday on a proposal to license downtown public parking lots and garages by charging $1 per space annually.

“The commission can hear from parking lot owners and other interested parties,” said Mayor John A. McNally, who is sponsoring the proposal.

City council took McNally’s recommendation today to defer a vote on the proposal until the planning commission’s hearing, which is scheduled to start at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers on the sixth floor of city hall.

The proposal is designed to bring uniformity to the lots and garages, requiring each to abide by specific provisions on the size of signs and locations, McNally said.

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