Ansley Park is surrounded by major attractions, including Piedmont Park, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, the Art Museum and Symphony, Colony Square and the Beltline. Our streets have become the overflow lot for cars needing parking, if not the main parking area. This was especially true during Easter weekend when the 404 Festival was held in Piedmont Park.

APCA is working with our consultants and the Atlanta Department of Transportation (ATLDOT) to update parking regulations and signage throughout Ansley Park. On- street parking is a significant pain point for residents. Current regulations are unclear and in need of both clarity and revision. We are focused on the following:

Update Residential Parking Permit program throughout Ansley Park.

Residents can use the existing permit system found at ATLPARKINGPERMITS.RMCPAY.COM.
We may try and tweak this system but, for now, we will make sure residents are fully aware of this option.

Update signage throughout the neighborhood.
Implement paid on-street parking on streets that serve visitors to nearby attractions (such as Midtown and the Atlanta Botanical Garden).

Lobby for revenue sharing from Ansley paid parking.

Click below for a chart summarizes the proposed parking rules and locations for paid parking.

The next step is to seek resident feedback to the proposal to ensure that it addresses the long-standing parking issues. Please provide any feedback you may have to parking@ansleypark.org.

Proposed Parking Rules

MAP OF CURRENT PARKING RULES

Parking Survey Results

Thank you to everyone who participated in the recent parking survey and to Siddarth Sivakumar, MCP Candidate at Georgia Tech, who helped compile the results. We had 331 respondents, which were distributed evenly across the neighborhood and which represent all streets sufficiently to ascertain our general parking condition. Click below for complete quantitative outcomes of the survey.

SURVEY SUMMARY

The following issues represent neighbors’ greatest concerns.

Enforcement of parking rules. Many residents noted that enforcement is lax and that authorities have allowed unpermitted parking, even after repeated complaints. This allows non-residents to park overnight or violate the rules in 2-hour permitted parking areas.
Lack of parking spaces for residents and guests. This is especially problematic during holidays and when large events take place in Piedmont Park or on Peachtree Street, and it hits residents of the peripheral streets especially hard. Additionally, the large number of housing units on these streets adds to the on-street parking stress, as residents and non-residents compete for neighborhood parking.
Guest permitting process is inconvenient and cumbersome. This adds to stress for residents requesting permits. Many residents noted that the printed permits used earlier were more convenient.
Parking rules are confusing. This is amplified by incoherent signage leading to inconsistencies between adjacent streets. Most residents favored a neighborhood-wide resident parking permit.

Critical Next Steps

Meet with City of Atlanta to discuss parking options
Suggest changes
Get feedback from neighborhood

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