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Councilors debate repeal of mechanical parking stacker rules, refer measure to zoning subcommittee
Summary
At a public hearing, multiple Revere City Councilors urged repealing the 2020 ordinance that allowed mechanical parking 'stackers,' calling it a loophole developers exploit; the measure was referred to the zoning subcommittee for further review.
Revere — Councilors at the Feb. 20 Revere City Council meeting debated repealing the city ordinance that allows mechanical parking systems, known as "stackers," with several members saying the rule has been used to win project approvals and then abandoned.
Councilor Kelly, who opened the public hearing, described the 2020 ordinance as originally intended to "address parking shortages creatively," but said it "has become a loophole that undermines parking requirements." Kelly cited two projects, at 344 Salem Street and 791 Broadway, as examples where developers proposed stackers to meet parking counts and later sought relief from installing them.
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