Committee forwards several parking and one‑way traffic petitions to full council or DPW for further review

The Ordinance Committee on Oct. 14 considered a range of parking and traffic petitions and took a mix of actions: forwarding some items to the full City Council with favorable recommendation for a public hearing, and tabling or advancing other items pending additional input from the Department of Public Works or the city engineer.

Key outcomes:

- Irving Ave (Document 38025): The committee amended the proposed restriction to 6 p.m.–7 a.m. (police recommendation initially showed 6 p.m.), accepted the amendment, and sent the item to the full council with a favorable recommendation to schedule a public hearing.

- Hillside Avenue / Ames Street one‑way petitions (Documents 37525 and related): The Police Department recommended the changes but the committee asked for DPW/city‑engineer review before sending to full council; the motion forwarded the items pending DPW documentation and asked staff to send correspondence to the city engineer.

- Handicap removal / no‑parking at 5 Durant Street (Document 38725): Committee members noted incomplete worksheet documentation and voted to send correspondence to Councilor Luzon asking for clarification; the item was tabled pending further explanation from the councilor and a police follow‑up.

Several additional resident parking and handicap parking requests were grouped and sent to the police department and the city engineer for review; the committee agreed to process those as blocks as shown on the agenda.

Votes on the record were roll calls and committee decisions were unanimous for the motions described above.