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Committee Advances Parking Requests but Members Say Enforcement Gaps Undermine Policy
Summary
The ordinance committee moved a range of parking and traffic items to public hearings or for agency review, while councilors and police officials described enforcement shortfalls—aging permit processes, low fees, and limited towing capacity—that reduce the effectiveness of resident- and handicap-parking measures.
The committee considered numerous parking-related requests — handicap parking spaces, resident-parking petitions, 15‑ and 50‑minute limits, and no‑parking zones — and in most cases voted either to send items to the full council for a public hearing or to refer them to the police department and the Department of Public Works (DPW)/city engineer for study.
During a lengthy discussion, Councilor Gregory Del Rosario and other councilors said the city’s principal problem is inconsistent enforcement. Councilor Del Rosario said…
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