By Emma Stanton, Staff Writer
On Monday evening, the Woodstock Village Board of Trustees voted to approve a new parking ordinance. Following unanimous approval from all five trustee members, the new ordinance is slated to go into effect in 60 days.
Vice chair of the trustees, Jeffrey Kahn, made a statement to those in attendance, saying, “The public needs to be aware of the changes. Currently, any license plate ticketed for a parking-meter violation gets ‘out of jail free’ twice a year [the village will stamp the ticket and waive the fee]. Moving forward, this parking meter violation is only going to be waived once a year. Also, the public should be aware that the fines have been increased — although they’re still low compared to other places. With this new ordinance, the fee for not feeding the meter will increase from $10 to $15.”
Another change included in the ordinance is that meter fees will be raised from $1 to $1.50 per hour, with the hours when paid-parking is in effect changing to 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. instead of the current 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
During Monday evening’s meeting, trustee chair Seton McIlroy also said, “We will be doing a communications campaign on this to let everybody know what the changes are. This ordinance does not go into effect for sixty days, and we certainly want to make sure everyone is aware of the changes.”
Those interested in learning more about the parking ordinance, or who wish to appeal the trustees’ decision before the ordinance goes into effect on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, are invited to reach out to municipal manager Eric Duffy at eduffy@townofwoodstock.org.
