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> those businesses couldn't figure out for themselves the optimal amount of parking to pay for to keep their customers happy. Those businesses don't pay for th
by AndyMcConachie 10y ago
> those businesses couldn't figure out for themselves the optimal amount of parking to pay for to keep their customers happy.
Those businesses don't pay for the parking themselves. The tax payer pays for those parking spots. That's the entire point of street parking, city run parking lots, and the like. Public parking isn't market controlled it's state subsidized. That's why it's called 'public' parking.
- davidw 10y agoThe parking spots on a business' property, right out front as is often the case in the US are not public. A business could choose to locate somewhere with more or less of this, or forego it altogether. However, currently, businesses are almost always required to have some spots of their own, that are not public. Public spots (street parking) might get used by customers of a barber, or by local residents, or by another business. This might prove frustrating to customers of the barber who demand easy parking, and they'll go to another barber who does provide more reserved, non-public parking. Or maybe not! Maybe different barbers have different clientele. This is something the barber shop ought to be able to decide.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> However, currently, businesses are almost always required to have some spots of their own, that are not public. I don't think that's actually true; certain types of developments are required to include parking as part of the development (e.g., strip malls), but the individual businesses, either in those developments or not, are rarely required to have their own parking.
- davidw 10y agoLook it up in your local zoning code. Here it's true. Perhaps it's true that they get to combine their spots with other businesses in a development like a strip mall.