parking ban

At old swimming hole, a question about parking

Written September 16th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

Somebody emailed a question that sent me on a bike ride out Queen Avenue to Riverside Drive in Albany last week. What I saw was that access to an area off the northwest corner of this junction had been cut off.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Calapooia River, Linn County Road Department, no-parking signs, parking ban, Riverside Drive, swimming hole

Homeless parking ban proposed near shelter

Written May 19th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 13 responses.

Homeless people parking their vehicles outside the Helping Hands shelter on Ninth Avenue, or camping there, would no longer be allowed to do so under a proposal the Albany City Council will consider on Monday.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: $1 million, Albany council, homeless camping, homeless shelters, parking ban

Council nixes ban on feeding wildlife

Written March 9th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

Turkeys or no turkeys, a proposed ordinance making it illegal to feed wildlife in the city of Albany is not going to become law. But a ban on parking without a permit on sections of five streets near the Signs of Victory homeless shelter probably will, at least for a while.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 11th Avenue, feeding wildlife, nuisance enforcement, parking ban, Signs of Victory

Council gets request for parking ban

Written March 8th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 21 responses.

In order to control “unlawful activity,” Albany’s code enforcement official is asking the city council to ban parking without a permit on 11th Avenue near the Signs of Victory homeless shelter and on four other nearby streets.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: central Albany parking area, Kris Schendel, parking ban