City parking

Mayor pitches benefits of Cincinnati parking lease

Jay Hanselman — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:35:05 +0000

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and other officials held a round table discussion with reporters Tuesday to talk about the benefits of the parking lease for the city.

They talked about several things including rates, hours and enforcement. But none of the information was new.

Mallory was asked why he decided to hold the session now? He says to get the facts out.

“Particularly when there’s so much misinformation out there about how this plan works,” Mallory said. “So we can’t talk about the facts enough.”

Cincinnati's arguments in parking lease appeal

Jay Hanselman — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:42:22 +0000

Cincinnati lawyers are making two major arguments as the city appeal’s a judge’s decision that let opponents of the parking lease place the issue on the November ballot.

In a brief filed Friday with the Ohio First District Court of Appeals city lawyers argued the trial court erred by declaring that all city ordinances are subject to referendum and that the plaintiffs have standing to bring their claims.

Attorneys: No stay in parking case

Jay Hanselman — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:35:28 +0000

Not surprisingly the attorneys who successfully challenged the Cincinnati parking lease in court are opposed to the city's request for a judge to stay his decision from last month.

Lawyers Curt Hartman and Chris Finney filed a response in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Thursday.

Cincinnati wants judge to stay parking decision

Jay Hanselman — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:18:44 +0000

Cincinnati is asking a Hamilton County judge to stay his decision on the city's parking lease while the case is appealed.

The city said the judge's decision has made it impossible for Council to pass a law that takes effect immediately.

The city argues the First District Court of Appeals has already ruled a stay in favor of the government applies even in referendum cases.

Judge Robert Winkler issued an opinion two weeks ago barring the city from moving forward with the lease until residents get a chance to vote.

Appeals court schedule for Cincy parking plan

Jay Hanselman — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:19:07 +0000

An appeals court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Cincinnati's parking lease May 6th.

The First District Court of Appeals released a filing Wednesday with the schedule for the case.

The city will have to have submit its brief by April 19th and lawyers representing the residents who oppose the parking plan will have to respond by April 29th.

The court also said those briefs could be no more than 20 pages long. That split the difference between the two sides. The city had suggested a 15 page limit and the opposing lawyers wanted 25. <