The Dillon Town Council approved a resolution Tuesday, May 28, updating the town’s parking program to remove daily parking fees and to add a guest pass for town residents who buy a parking pass.

Details of the proposed parking program were first published on ParkDillon.com earlier this year. But at its meeting Tuesday, the Town Council voted unanimously to approve changes to the parking program it had discussed at a meeting earlier in May.

“After our discussion at the last council meeting, we took this resolution back to the drawing board,” Town Manager Nathan Johnson said.

Under the originally proposed parking program, the town would have charged hourly fees for parking at the Dillon Marina Lot, Dillon Amphitheater Lot and along Lodgepole Street. Under the proposal, the first 30 minutes would have been free, then it would have cost between $1.25 and $12 per half-hour on weekdays and between $2.50 and $15 per half-hour on weekends and holidays.

But after hearing feedback from town residents and staff, council members decided to remove the hourly parking fees from the resolution approved Tuesday. Mayor Carolyn Skowyra had previously described the hourly fees as potential “hurdles or deterrents for people visiting Dillon.”

Along with the removal of the proposed hourly fees, the resolution adopted by the council also did not include the proposed $99 marina season parking pass, which would have allowed pass holders to park in the Marina Lot without paying hourly fees. A proposal to limit free parking in the town core to 3 hours was also removed from the resolution.

The resolution, however, did include language to establish a reserved parking system during ticketed concerts and events at the Dillon Amphitheater. Johnson explained that the town and Interstate Parking, the company it hired to manage its parking program, are considering two options for how to implement reserved event parking this summer.

The first option would involve having reserved paid parking only at the Amphitheater Lot, while other lots in town would continue to be free on event nights, Johnson said. The other option would involve managing parking at the Amphitheater Lot, Marina Lot and on Lodgepole Street, with the Amphitheater Lot being reserved parking, while the Marina Lot and Lodgepole Street would be available of for a fee or for free for those who carpool with 4 or more people in their vehicle, he said.

The resolution allows for the town manager to charge a fee of up to $50 per night for event parking.

The resolution also maintains overnight parking fees costing $20 for each night a vehicle is parked for any amount of time between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Thursday through Saturday nights and $10 for Sunday through Wednesday nights.

In response to feedback from town residents who said it can be expensive for friends or family to park while visiting overnight, the Town Council added a guest parking pass that comes with the purchase of a resident parking pass.

The resident parking passes are only available to those who reside within the town limits and will come with 10 guest passess for free overnight parking per quarter, according to the approved resolution. Resident parking passes cost $100 per year or $25 per quarter.

Business parking passes also continue to remain available as part of the resolution approved by the Town Council on Tuesday. Business passes cost $75 per quarter or $300 annually per vehicle for owners and employees of businesses in the core area.