Franklin looks to raise Main Street parking lot fees
New Jersey Herald
FRANKLIN The Borough Council has reached an agreement to raise rates at the Main Street parking lot over the next four years and revisit the fee schedule in the future.
The agreement, which needs ratification in ordinance amendments at a future meeting, was hammered out after a debate among Council members as to whether renters deserve a place to park and how much those tenants, who tend to fall on the lower end of the economic ladder, can afford.
One man complained that he and his girlfriend, parents of a young baby, can only afford one parking permit. He said his girlfriend parks in the Main Street parking lot and still has to walk a quarter of a mile in all kinds of weather to their apartment.