RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Some parking changes are coming to certain streets in Richmond later this month, and some business owners say it’s news they’ve been waiting years to hear.
The City of Richmond will begin enforcing time-limited parking regulations starting Saturday, October 15th.
It’s no secret that finding parking near Scott’s Addition can be difficult when you’re trying to hang out in the city.
“Oh, I’ve just given up trying to find a parking spot around here,” said Matt Danisewicz, who lives near Arthur Ashe Blvd. “Actually, I’d rather save the time if I was just a scooter.”
Business owners risk losing a customer if they don’t try to go above and beyond for a standard delivery order.
“If you can park in front, it makes it a lot easier,” said Janet Brown with Janet Brown Interiors. If you can’t, we can carry him two blocks and cross him on the street.
Brown has been running her business between Moore St and Broad St for four years.
That’s where part of the new enforcement takes place, and during the week, she said, the parking lot is a little smaller.
“It’s no bigger than anywhere else in the city, but like VCU, or a fan, or somewhere else, there are city officers who come and mark the tires,” Brown said.
On weekends, it’s different and she said she can’t count on her hands the number of times she’s seen a car parked in front of her store for days.
“You can very easily park and go on a weekend getaway and leave your vehicle here until Monday,” Brown said.
Brown said she knows of several businesses that have gone out of their way to open a few more locations.
“They say we bought a lot, so their employees could all park there so that not one parking spot would be taken up by employees,” Brown said. But people are in their parking spots. Twice they pulled out their parking lot for the Vogue sign, dumped it in the woods, and left their vehicles there for days.
There’s no denying that Richmond is on the rise, but Brown asks to read the signs and be kind come Saturday.
“Richmond is a great place to live, I mean, people are coming in boldly, but they’re coming in cars,” Brown said.
The change will also occur on streets like Belvidere to I-95 and Leigh to Franklin Sts.
He said there will be a two-week grace period during which the city will issue a warning instead of a ticket.
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