The city finally gave us the green light on the parking district and I am honestly still in shock that it actually happened. It feels good to know the neighborhood streets will finally belong to the people who live and work here again so just keep an eye out for …
March 11, 2017
Final supporters
CHOUTEAU PARKING PLAN
Hello from Greater Goods! We are a Product Design and Social Enterprise moving into the historic 'Station G' at 4427 Chouteau Avenue. We need your help to create a Chouteau Avenue parking district to help make our neighborhood an easier place for all of us to live & work. We hope you will look over and sign off on our Parking Proposal Petition below.
Feel free to contact me, Patrick Kohm, with questions and/or concerns you may have regarding this plan.
Thanks so much for your help!
THE PROBLEM:
Parking on Chouteau between Taylor Ave and Tower Grove Ave has been reported by residence as a problem to the Park Central Development Corp. This problem is being cause by people from outside the neighborhood using our streets as a free public parking lot. This problem is only expected to get worse as Historic Station G is developed causing an increased demand for parking.
THE SOLUTION:
The proposed solution is to create two parking districts and expand publicly available parking. This will allow reserved parking for residents, add parking for Station G during daytime hours, and increase generally available parking for the neighborhood.
THE DETAILS:
Is this good for me? Yes! Parking issues are being created by people from outside the neighborhood parking around our homes and businesses. This plan will give the parking back to the neighborhood and alleviate the parking congestion.
Who pays for this? We are (Greater Goods, LLC). We're a social enterprise that is purchasing the Station G property and will pay for this conversion.
Will this cost me anything? No! Parking permits will be free for qualified residents for the next 5 years. Essentially, neighborhood businesses are underwriting the cost for residents.
Why are we doing this? Because the Historic Station G building was land-locked by the previous development plan, the building will remain an undeveloped eyesore until a parking solution is created. We are doing our best to create a parking solution that addresses the needs of the neighborhood by giving residents reserved parking while opening parking for Station G during business hours.
Who is negatively Impacted? People that aren’t living, working, or visiting the park will have to seek alternative parking arrangements.
Why does this work? This works for three reasons:
1. The first is because we are reserving spaces that will no longer allow people from outside the neighborhood to park in the neighborhood.
2. The second is because we are increasing the total number of available spaces by roughly 30 spots. And,
3. Because peak demand for parking is different for neighborhood businesses (daytime during the week) and residences (evening and weekend) allowing us to effectively share the available parking while keep enough spots for resident only use
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this plan, please feel free to contact Patrick Kohm at [email protected] or call at 314-991-8494 Ext. 39.
Updates
January 29, 2017
I have been digging through the archives of city guidelines lately because the parking situation on Chouteau is honestly getting weirder by the day. It turns out the paperwork is a total maze (as expected) but talking to the neighbors has been the real highlight since everyone has such different ideas about where cars should actually go.
11 Comments
I live at the Aventura Apt. and have noticed that during daytime hours Chouteau is completely full of car. And often notice people ignoring already posted no parking signs near our driveways. I think some permit parking would be great.
This has been a complaint for many years and the ward has been reluctant to provide the angled parking -awaiting for someone else to pay for it, congratulations GG. Station-G is a beautiful building, I'm glad its being saved. I think requiring permits will be burdensome and unenforceable for residents despite whatever eaten costs. Merely having official street signage saying building residents only along the buildings and public parking signs along the park side would be easier and just as good as permits. Both ideas will still require residents to actively participate in warning people that park here, ignoring the signs, regardless of the type of, or lack of enforcement. Residents need to better utilize their rear parking and get official handicap street signage as needed also.
Yes - the language of the bill says that residents along the parking district will have access to permits and guest pass permits.
Will guest of Aventura residents be able to use the parking?
Great Question!
Thanks Zen - this is great feedback. I will send your notes to Park Central Development (I assure you they and we are listening) - they handle the permitting process and together we'll do what we can to make sure the permit process is as simple and as fluid as possible. I've also already mentioned to them the need for dedicated handicap street signage, I will remind them again that this is an important piece of the equation. Thanks Again! -Patrick
thank you for taking time to explain this to me, answering my questions.
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The city finally gave us the green light on the parking district and I am honestly still in shock that it actually happened. It feels good to know the neighborhood streets will finally belong to the people who live and work here again so just keep an eye out for …
March 11, 2017
Final supporters
CHOUTEAU PARKING PLAN
Hello from Greater Goods! We are a Product Design and Social Enterprise moving into the historic 'Station G' at 4427 Chouteau Avenue. We need your help to create a Chouteau Avenue parking district to help make our neighborhood an easier place for all of us to live & work. We hope you will look over and sign off on our Parking Proposal Petition below.
Feel free to contact me, Patrick Kohm, with questions and/or concerns you may have regarding this plan.
Thanks so much for your help!
THE PROBLEM:
Parking on Chouteau between Taylor Ave and Tower Grove Ave has been reported by residence as a problem to the Park Central Development Corp. This problem is being cause by people from outside the neighborhood using our streets as a free public parking lot. This problem is only expected to get worse as Historic Station G is developed causing an increased demand for parking.
THE SOLUTION:
The proposed solution is to create two parking districts and expand publicly available parking. This will allow reserved parking for residents, add parking for Station G during daytime hours, and increase generally available parking for the neighborhood.
THE DETAILS:
Is this good for me? Yes! Parking issues are being created by people from outside the neighborhood parking around our homes and businesses. This plan will give the parking back to the neighborhood and alleviate the parking congestion.
Who pays for this? We are (Greater Goods, LLC). We're a social enterprise that is purchasing the Station G property and will pay for this conversion.
Will this cost me anything? No! Parking permits will be free for qualified residents for the next 5 years. Essentially, neighborhood businesses are underwriting the cost for residents.
Why are we doing this? Because the Historic Station G building was land-locked by the previous development plan, the building will remain an undeveloped eyesore until a parking solution is created. We are doing our best to create a parking solution that addresses the needs of the neighborhood by giving residents reserved parking while opening parking for Station G during business hours.
Who is negatively Impacted? People that aren’t living, working, or visiting the park will have to seek alternative parking arrangements.
Why does this work? This works for three reasons:
1. The first is because we are reserving spaces that will no longer allow people from outside the neighborhood to park in the neighborhood.
2. The second is because we are increasing the total number of available spaces by roughly 30 spots. And,
3. Because peak demand for parking is different for neighborhood businesses (daytime during the week) and residences (evening and weekend) allowing us to effectively share the available parking while keep enough spots for resident only use
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this plan, please feel free to contact Patrick Kohm at [email protected] or call at 314-991-8494 Ext. 39.
Updates
January 29, 2017
I have been digging through the archives of city guidelines lately because the parking situation on Chouteau is honestly getting weirder by the day. It turns out the paperwork is a total maze (as expected) but talking to the neighbors has been the real highlight since everyone has such different ideas about where cars should actually go.
11 Comments
I think this will be beneficial, when you take a day off work, you never can leave and come back to have a park in front of your home,, very irritating to me to have to come home to this chaos.
I live at the Aventura Apt. and have noticed that during daytime hours Chouteau is completely full of car. And often notice people ignoring already posted no parking signs near our driveways. I think some permit parking would be great.
This has been a complaint for many years and the ward has been reluctant to provide the angled parking -awaiting for someone else to pay for it, congratulations GG. Station-G is a beautiful building, I'm glad its being saved. I think requiring permits will be burdensome and unenforceable for residents despite whatever eaten costs. Merely having official street signage saying building residents only along the buildings and public parking signs along the park side would be easier and just as good as permits. Both ideas will still require residents to actively participate in warning people that park here, ignoring the signs, regardless of the type of, or lack of enforcement. Residents need to better utilize their rear parking and get official handicap street signage as needed also.
Yes - the language of the bill says that residents along the parking district will have access to permits and guest pass permits.
Will guest of Aventura residents be able to use the parking?
Great Question!
Thanks Zen - this is great feedback. I will send your notes to Park Central Development (I assure you they and we are listening) - they handle the permitting process and together we'll do what we can to make sure the permit process is as simple and as fluid as possible. I've also already mentioned to them the need for dedicated handicap street signage, I will remind them again that this is an important piece of the equation. Thanks Again! -Patrick
thank you for taking time to explain this to me, answering my questions.
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I think this will be beneficial, when you take a day off work, you never can leave and come back to have a park in front of your home,, very irritating to me to have to come home to this chaos.