Manitou council approves fees for parking at Barr trailhead

The Manitou Springs City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve the final version of an ordinance that will allow fees for parking at the Barr trailhead.

Parking in the small dirt lot at the end of Hydro Street, which serves both Barr Trail and the Manitou Incline, has always been free.

Fines were set at the Tuesday meeting -- $15 for overtime parkers and $25 for unpermitted parkers -- but the fee will be set at a later Council meeting, after the city's parking authority makes recommendations.

"There's been everything from $1 to $10 bandied around, but nothing official," City Planner Michelle Anthony said.

Deputy City Administrator Mike Leslie said the city hopes to have the new fee structure in place by Memorial Day, May 25.