Council adopts emergency preamble for some handicap parking changes, tables other Lindsay Street traffic items
Summary
The council adopted an emergency preamble and passed readings for a handicap-parking ordinance affecting Grant, Grinnell and Wilcox streets but tabled other Lindsay Street-related traffic measures pending further drafting and MassDOT-related stipulations.
The ordinances and legislation committee recommended several traffic measures related to Lindsay Street and nearby blocks. The council considered emergency preambles and whether to add conditions tied to MassDOT work.
The council voted to adopt an emergency preamble for a handicap parking ordinance that would institute handicap spaces on Grant Street, Grinnell Street and Wilcox Street and remove Lindsay Street from that item. That emergency preamble and the motion to pass through readings were carried by roll call after committee recommendation.
Separately, members discussed inserting a loading zone and removing a handicap space on Lindsay Street; committee stipulations and MassDOT-modification work led several councilors to request tabling while staff draft the ordinance in proper legal format. A motion to table those Lindsay Street items passed.
Why it matters: these ordinances change curb use and on-street parking in specific neighborhoods and include emergency preambles that make certain changes effective more quickly. Tabling preserves the council’s ability to add MassDOT or engineering conditions before final adoption.
