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City Attorney Urges Answers Before Committee Acts on Loading Zone at 377 Essex Street
Summary
The city attorney advised the committee to get answers to four operational questions — hours, days, whether delivery trucks fit, and willingness to pay per-hour meter fees — before voting on a loading zone at 377 Essex Street.
The committee considered a petitioner’s request for a loading zone at 377 Essex Street. The City Attorney’s office provided a written opinion advising the committee not to vote until several operational questions are answered: the proposed hours and days of the loading zone, whether delivery trucks could fit in two metered spaces, and whether the owner would pay the required per-hour fee to PCI, the city's contracted parking operator.
The attorney’s memo explained that the two spaces in front of the building currently have meters and that PCI should be contacted because under the city’s parking contract the owner would pay $1 per hour per space to use the meters as a loading zone. Committee members voted to send correspondence to the petitioner with the attorney’s questions and to table the item until those questions are answered.
Councilors emphasized that the petition cannot be finalized until the petitioner confirms hours and payment terms and until PCI/parking contract implications are resolved.
