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Select Board grants waiver to allow additional residential permit for business‑registered vehicle at 6 South Water St.
Summary
The Select Board granted a one‑time waiver to allow an additional residential parking permit at 6 South Water Street after staff explained the vehicles are passenger‑plated but registered to a business; board members asked staff to consider whether the regulation should be reviewed for future consistency.
The Town of Nantucket Select Board on May 14 approved a waiver to the residential parking permit regulations to allow one additional permit for a vehicle registered to a corporate entity at 6 South Water Street.
Amy (parking/parking administration) explained that rules for the residential parking district allow up to four residential parking permits per address but limit vehicles registered to a commercial business to one commercial permit. In this case, two vehicles associated with the address were registered to a business and were passenger‑plated rather than displaying commercial plates. A similar waiver had been granted in 2019 for a different resident under comparable circumstances.
Board members discussed whether a policy change might be advisable to distinguish vehicle registration from plate type in future permit processing, and whether staff should return with proposed regulation amendments to address corporate registrations. The board approved the waiver for this address with the expectation that staff will bring consistency recommendations if this situation recurs.
Why it matters: The decision balances enforcement of residential parking rules with on‑the‑ground fairness where vehicle registration and actual use do not align, while signaling a possible review of the regulation to avoid one‑off exceptions.
Next steps: Town staff will track similar requests and may propose regulatory language for the Select Board to consider; the granted waiver will be implemented for the address in question.
