HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 22, 2022) – It will cost more to have property in downtown Holland.
During last night’s biweekly Holland City Council meeting, members approved proposed hikes in parking and snowmelt fees in Fiscal 2023. Parking rates would go up a penny per base square footage to nearly 37 cents, while snowmelt rates would increase three percent to 51 cents per base square footage.
City staffers say that the parking hikes would cover parking lot and parking deck maintenance, including increased snow plowing costs and rates on private parking lots leased to the City, as well as maintaining a healthy parking budget fund balance for covering any ongoing needs. The snowmelt hike is proposed to adequately fund the operating and maintenance of the city’s expanding system.
As Deputy City Manager Matt Van Dyken explained, free parking is really not free, and having snowmelt is not free either.
Council also endorsed the annual Principal Shopping District rates, which will remain steady.
An online link to the meeting agenda and supporting documents is here.
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