Committee looks at downtown parking

Committee looks at downtown parking

Zach White

Mayor Tim Solomon proposed changes to downtown parking, including shrinking the downtown parking district and adding 15-minute parking spaces.

A draft of the changes submitted to the Havre City Council Ordinance Committee by Solomon, after meetings with business owners and law enforcement, only changes the streets that define the two-hour parking area downtown.

The two-hour parking limit is currently enforced from Main Street to 4th Street and from 5th Avenue to 1st Avenue.

The new ordinance would shrink that down to the area between 1st and 3r...