Gates went up at the Mills mall parking lot on Depot Road, July 8, ending unrestricted public parking in the lot.
The property owners have a lease with the city, offering use of the lot for five public events and Concerts in the Park, in exchange for city-owned space at the lot’s edge.
Clarkston City Council voted on June 27 to name the home tour, Art in the Village, Taste of Clarkston, Habitat concert, and Shiver by the River as the five events.
They will discuss parking with other event organizers, said Ed Adler, one of the property owners.
If the city had assessed property developers for parking, as provided in city ordinances, it would have had plenty of funds to increase parking, Adler said.
“They’d have like $4 million if they’d assessed as they should have,” Adler said.

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