ParkMobile in a residential street small town?

[lindamontco123]

My town is strongly considering ParkMobile with signs/ meter app for our residential street with only" on street " parking...in small town in PA. They are considering for either just one side or both sides of our street as we are few blocks from town center with some shopping and restaurants. THIS, even though there is adequate parking already in town but seems businesses are saying more, more, more.
We have 3 hours free parking now on the one side of our street for anyone , along with our permit parking for residents who can park both sides any time. (Of course, we won't have to pay meter/ ParkMobile.)
Residents/ we are strongly opposed to ParkMobile on the street.....feel no reason and will hurt overall aesthetics of street, prop values, the junky PM signs, we will lose parking spaces( as ParkMobile will direct ppl to park on our street via the app), etc.
Question....
What is Appraiser's point of view re buyer appeal for our homes with this parking metering system, the signs, the availability / less of parking spaces and what we see as "commercialization" of our street?

Appeal to buyers?
Any decrease in values?

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

zero impact

 

[lindamontco123]

Ok but it would deter me seeing ParkMobile in front of house and esp if sign is there
Not a big city, talking about...small town and may have to park distance away.
Well I guess no impact to some perspective buyers but I thought adequate parking is important.
THanks

 

[Joe Flacco]

Having a park mobile sign is better than having meters all up and down the sidewalk.

Parkmobile is great. Same app for parking in multiple cities. It was a pain when those apps first came out and it was a different app in every city. Now just one app for all cities.

 

[Joe Flacco]

It won't bring more people to your street just because there is park mobile. If it is not town wide, I would think that it is more likely that the nearby streets without pay parking but still reasonable walking to the commercial area is where everybody is going to try to park.

 

[Joe Flacco]

At the end of the day, what is good for your small town businesses is probably good for you.

 

[Fernando]

At Berkeley near the campus, there are ParkMobile on streets near commercial buildings. Further away from commercial zones, there are fewer ParkMobiles and more of 1-2 hour street parking or unlimited for permitted residents living nearby. If your residential street has ParkMobiles, your home is already on "commercialized" street having nearby commercial influence.

 

[lindamontco123]

Thanks. Well, Berkeley much different example. This is small town of 4,000 ppl and just a small shopping / dining area in center of town. Our street is all residential and a few blocks away. We'd like to keep that look of residential. Right now, one side of the street has "3 hour free parking" (along with permit parking for both sides of the street) but no one even takes advantage of it or seems to need it. Why are we hearing businesses need it now? Anyway, our PD says they want to keep all parking in town "enforceable". They say without marking tires (which is illegal now in my state), very difficult to do (and I suppose they want to cut down even more on the parking enforcement head count...now just 3 part time). So, THOSE are the reasons for the ParkMobile. We don't feel valid enough to commercialize the street and put ugly big green sides on our sidewalks. These are very small homes, twins but very very close together and not set back from from the curb so they will be quite obvious. Wondering how all the other towns around me are doing it....I.e. enforcing their FREE 2 and 3 hour areas? I read about LPR . I think we have hand held. It just stinks as an alternative to us.

 

[lindamontco123]

Of course, I keep forgetting, bringing more traffic down the street and taking away what parking we have now.

 

[Mark K]

If you're saying that you currently have free street parking for you and your guests and now you'll have to pay, I think it would come into play in the minds of potential buyers. I wouldn't want to have to pay to park in front of my house in a residential area. Will they issue permits for residents like some areas.