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Resident urges changes to overnight parking; trustees schedule Livingston Avenue hearing
Summary
A longtime Dobbs Ferry resident raised concerns about overnight parking restrictions and loss of spaces downtown. Trustees said they are reviewing parking rules, set a public hearing for March 11, and encouraged residents to provide input.
A resident who said he has lived on Main Street for 78 years urged the Board of Trustees to revisit overnight parking rules after several local changes reduced available residential parking.
Steve Hamborski described a series of changes over decades and said recent parking restrictions left him and neighbors without dependable overnight spots. "My neighbors are in agreement with me because we have no place to park at night," Hamborski said during the meeting’s courtesy-of-the-floor public comment period.
Trustees and village staff described ongoing efforts to balance turnover for downtown businesses with residents’ overnight needs. The mayor explained the traffic committee and police department work to increase parking turnover so spaces are available for shoppers, and encouraged residents to attend the March meeting or send email comments. "Bring your neighbors to the meeting in March," a trustee said, noting the board would continue to examine the issue.
The board scheduled a public hearing for March 11, 2025, to consider a local law amending parking restrictions for Livingston Avenue. The mayor and trustees said that change, and other related adjustments, are intended to simplify downtown parking rules and address complaints about long-term commuter parking.
Why it matters: residents on Lower Main Street and nearby blocks told the board they experienced reduced access to parking after several incremental changes. Trustees said public input will guide any local-law changes and urged residents to participate in the March hearing.
Trustees also said the village is repairing infrastructure (a retaining wall at Cookers Public Park) and continuing engineering and traffic reviews tied to parking and traffic patterns. No changes to resident permit eligibility or enforcement were adopted at the meeting; trustees directed staff to move the Livingston Avenue local-law public hearing forward for March 11, 2025.
Ending: The board set the public hearing and invited affected residents to provide written and in-person comments at that meeting; trustees said they will consider resident testimony before acting.
