Although the Great Neck Plaza Board of Trustees could have voted to approve an increase in parking fines at their July 19 meeting, they did not.
Instead, more legal considerations must be reviewed and worked out. The board wouldn’t disclose which legal issues came up during their review of the proposal and spoke in an executive session about it after the public meeting.
Roughly 15 parking fines are being considered by the village to increase, including expired parking meters, parking in a crosswalk or fire lane and overtime street parking. About 34% of the village’s parking fines are being proposed for the increase.
Under the proposal, overtime street parking fines would increase by $5 from $30 to $35, expired parking meter fines by $15 from $20 to $35 and fines for parking in the crosswalk from $75 to $125 for a $50 increase.
“Our fines have not been raised in a number of years,” said Ted Rosen, mayor of Great Neck Plaza. He explained that what spurred the decision was the board’s noticing it had been over 20 years since parking fines had been raised. The board also compiled parking fine information from nearby villages to create an adequate consensus of fines already in operation.
The next village meeting will be Aug. 16.
