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Council moves to create downtown resident parking permits to free up street spaces
Summary
Council advanced a plan to create overnight parking permits for downtown residents, allowing use of three city commercial lots; committee approved drafting legislation after discussion of enforcement, snow removal and resident accessibility.
Council members voted in committee to request legislation creating a downtown resident parking permit program that would allow residents who live above downtown businesses to park overnight in designated city commercial lots instead of on the street.
The proposal, presented during the Public Welfare and Safety committee on Sept. 2, would permit qualifying downtown residents to use any of three municipal lots in the commercial downtown zone: the Worcester Road lot, the Block 7 (purple) lot behind the theater and the First Street lot behind Knox. Councilmember Heideck said the program responds to repeated complaints from downtown…
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