If your vehicle is parked on a Columbus street and you haven t started it in a while, this might be a good time.
On March 1, the city of Columbus will resume towing vehicles left on public streets for more than three days, after pausing enforcement of those violations last March due to COVID lockdowns and quarantines.
The city initially intends to prioritize the most egregious violations, like vehicles that have been left on the public right-of-way unmoved for months, including those appearing to be inoperable or abandoned.
From January to October last year, the city received 6,336 complaints about inoperable and/or abandoned vehicles left parked on Columbus streets, the most recent figure available, said Debbie Briner, spokeswoman with the city Department of Public Service.
The Columbus Development Commission will take up those ideas Thursday.
According to the plan, residential and commercial developers would have to pay a one-time fee of $15,000 per parking space if they don t meet city requirements for parking. But there would be a cap as to how much a developer would pay, said Amanda Ford, a manager with the city s parking services section.
It would cover only future development, and would not be retroactive to projects already announced, she said, such as developments now rising on the Scioto Peninsula just west of COSI.
Affordable housing projects also may receive breaks in fees if they don t meet parking standards, she said.