Whitehorse city council has set the price of a bagged meter for developers at $20 a meter a day.

When developers get street occupancy permits for major construction projects, they don't come with a clear fee for taking up a metered parking stall. The initial price for developers with a street occupancy permit was $25 last year, until it was increased to $50 as part of the municipal budget passed earlier this year.

The change treated most bagged meters the same, thus lumping in meters bagged as part of a street occupancy permit with meters bagged by the public for other events.

In June, city staff proposed dropping the fee to $20 daily per meter for projects taking less than 6 months, and $10 a day per meter for projects taking more than 6 months to support longer-term development. This

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