Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43) is pictured at a City Council meeting in November 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A Lincoln Park alderman last week introduced an ordinance that would give religious assemblies, like churches and synagogues, permission to rent out their parking lot space during off-hours when there aren’t services and the lots sit empty.

The proposal is pitched as a way to help the houses of worship add an extra stream of revenue by taking advantage of scarce parking.