DENVER — After complaints about skyrocketing parking fines, one member of the Denver City Council is considering placing a cap on the costs or potentially regulating private parking lots in downtown Denver.
For years, Denver7 Investigates has covered issues with private parking lots in the city center, but recently, viewers have reached out to us about how high the parking fines at these lots are.
One viewer, Nik, paid an extra “game day” rate of $25 to park in an LAZ Parking lot on Blake Street during a Rockies game. A few days later, he said, a notice came in the mail. For staying past 11 p.m., he was billed $102.
“We were here for about an extra hour, and finding a $100 fee is our penalty felt very predatory,” Nik told Denver7’s Jaclyn Allen. “It definitely discourages me from coming down to park here and support the small businesses.”
In recent years, the City of Denver has been cracking down on issues with privately owned lots. Since the start of the year, the city has issued more than 80 citations or warnings to private lots that are not licensed. However, when it comes to parking fees or fines, Eric Escudero with Denver’s Department of Excise and Licenses said the city’s hands are tied…