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Vote on OTR parking plan could come in two weeks

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A Cincinnati Council committee could vote in two weeks on a plan to set up a residential parking permit program in parts of the Over-the-Rhine. Legislation to enact the proposal could be ready by the end of this week for the Neighborhoods Committee to consider. The area for the program would be bounded by Central Parkway on the west and south; Sycamore on the east and Liberty on the north. Transportation and Engineering Director Michael Moore said some residents want to know why it does not go north of Liberty.“This probably constitutes, probably by four or five times, as large a residential parking plan that we’ve ever tried to put in place before,” Moore said. “We want to make sure we are biting off things that we can accomplish and get done.”A permit would cost $108 per year, and some low income residents could buy one for $18 a year. Right now the city is proposing the discounted rate for people who receive rental vouchers, food stamps or live a rent subsidized unit. But John

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