North Yorkshire Council could handle enforcement in privately-owned car parks as part of a county-wide review of parking services.
Council chiefs are set to agree new principles drawn up to guide decisions about parking provision in the future.
Different systems for parking management are currently in place as a legacy from the former district and borough councils before the launch of the unitary authority in 2023.
Council chiefs now want to develop a consistent parking strategy for the car parks and on-street parking it controls across the county.
A report on the proposed new principles reveals that the council may offer to undertake parking management and/or enforcement on behalf of third-party car park owners.
Officials say this would be considered where it could improve consistency for users or provide extra income for the authority.
Other principles state that traffic congestion, air quality and the availability of other modes of travel would be a key consideration in setting the quantities of parking available, the location, the tariff and the restrictions applied.
Existing controlled parking zones will be reviewed, and new zones introduced in more areas where appropriate, with the range of permits currently available being streamlined.
Parking incentives to encourage people to visit town centres would be reviewed to ensure a fair approach across the county, and to ensure that they support town centre businesses.
The adoption of a set of parking principles is the first stage of the review.
The second stage will be a “balancing” of parking fees.
The report adds:
“It is widely accepted that the region has different demands. The two principal towns of Harrogate and Scarborough may require slightly different parking charge hours and pricing to that of the smaller and more rural market towns and villages for example.
“With the charges being previously overseen by seven former boroughs and districts, there is no real balance or shape to those tariffs and the adoption of the parking principles enacts the theory that the tariffs need to be rebalanced.”
The third stage of the review will be the development of town parking strategies, which will include a set of recommendations for a specific area.
The council’s executive members will be asked to agree the adoption of the parking principles at a meeting next Tuesday.
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