City officials may crack down on football gameday parking.
In a meeting Tuesday night, a committee decided to look into ways to bettter enforce rules regarding gameday parking, such as requiring residents who park cars in their yards to purchase a different permit from the one already required.
The Community Development Committee also discussed creating more programs that encourage students to drink less.
Throughout the years, residents in neighborhoods that border campus have complained of heavy traffic, increased litter and destruction of front lawns. Most of those problems are caused by drunken tailgaters, according to commissioners on the committee.
The new permit probably wouldn’t cost more than the current one to park in a yard, said Assistant City Manager Fred Murry.
Commissioner Scherwin Henry said he didn’t know if the city should take on parking and drinking issues.
“We are trying to solve a neighborhood problem that we as government will not be able to totally solve,” he said. “We cannot legislate human behavior.”
The committee will discuss the issue again before passing it to the City Commission.
Contact Adrianna Paidas at apaidas@alligator.org.
