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Ordinance committee asks police, DPW to study no-parking zone near Brookfield and Lenox streets
Summary
The Lawrence City Ordinance Committee voted to send a resident-requested restriction for Brookfield Street (where it meets Lenox Street) to the police department for review and to request documentation from the Department of Public Works showing their prior study and recommendation.
The Ordinance Committee voted Tuesday to ask the police department to review a request to make the Brookfield Street segment that connects to Lenox Street a “No Parking Any Time” zone and to include DPW correspondence documenting their on-site review.
The change was proposed after a councilor and DPW staff visited the block to observe complaints from residents that parked cars block bus turning movements. The committee’s vice chair said DPW engineers and the city engineer accompanied the visit and support making changes; the committee asked that the DPW’s written findings be included in the record.
Committee chair and councilors moved and seconded a referral sending the item to the police department for a formal review and asking staff to file DPW correspondence affirming its study; the motion passed with the ayes prevailing.
The committee’s next step is to receive the police report and, if recommended, forward an order to the full City Council to schedule a public hearing on a permanent ordinance changing parking rules on that block.
