Resident-only parking ordinance

A Trips Steiner representative endorsed the one-block buffer compromise and asked that any vote include that added language.

Wildflower Ice Cream owner asked for an economic impact study, warning enforcement costs and parking limits could hurt small businesses on MLK.

The Violet Stone owner described feeding 5,000 families during the EBT shutdown and said his block is a business district that needs customer parking.

The Chamber CEO asked the council to defer the vote, saying the one-block carve-out doesn't protect all businesses and the city's impact estimate of 'five or fewer businesses' is opaque.

Speaking for CONA, supported the ordinance as a needed neighborhood tool and suggested the one-block buffer amendment could be handled on the dais.

The Body Electric Yoga owner said her studio survives on neighborhood parking and wouldn't survive the restriction, since the one-block exemption wouldn't reach her block.

The MLK Business District president said the one-block buffer addressed their concerns and the group now supports the ordinance, though future applications should be judged case by case.

Owner of Trip's restaurant on MLK Street urged the council to study economic impacts before expanding resident-only parking districts, warning small businesses could lose customer access and he could not plan $50,000 in upgrades under that uncertainty.