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Holyoke committee weighs enforcement options after neighbors report dozens of cars on front yards
Summary
Councilors reviewed a petition and on-site inspections of 170 Mountain View and debated whether to tighten zoning rules or use enforcement in the general ordinance; law staff proposed a parallel path including a Chapter 86 fine; the committee asked the law department for draft language and tabled the item for follow-up.
Chair Meg McGrath Smith opened discussion of an order to draft an ordinance regulating how many vehicles may be parked on residential property after neighbors reported a high number of cars at 170 Mountain View.
Councilor Patty Devine, who said she visited the property, described vehicles in driveways, backyards and on lawns and warned that emergency access could be blocked: "Can ambulance service get up there? I absolutely doubt that they could," she said. The chair read Holyoke zoning section 6.10.8, which requires at least…
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