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Select Board advances parking-policy working group to fix confusing signage, review guest passes and enforcement
Summary
A working group including police, fire, DPW and a resident representative will inventory parking signage, evaluate guest-pass rules and consider enforcement options (including part-time civilian parking attendants) to address narrow-street access and holiday capacity.
The Select Board discussed the first meeting of a newly formed parking-policy working group that is tasked with drafting a townwide parking policy and carrying out a sign inventory neighborhood by neighborhood.
The group, which includes Police Chief Furlong, Fire Chief Antrum, Lieutenant Schultz, DPW Superintendent Zack Taylor, and resident representative Steve Viviano, reported that inconsistent and aging signage is a major source of confusion for residents and visitors. Members said signs reading "parking by permit only" remain in place even though the town’s only permit currently applies to beach parking; replacing or clarifying those signs was identified as a near-term, low-effort priority.
Board members and chiefs discussed street width and emergency-vehicle access; the working group will begin with identified hotspots (Tri-Mountain/Bass Point area and Castle Road) to assess parking capacity, choke points for emergency access and potential overflow lots for peak holidays. The police department described its current practice of granting case-by-case guest-parking permissions and recommended continued police involvement in issuing temporary permissions while the town decides whether to formalize guest passes.
Other items the group flagged: whether to convert the beach sticker into a broader resident parking sticker to aid enforcement, how to handle transferability for professionals (home health, contractors), and whether to hire part-time civilian parking enforcers during summer months. The board asked the committee to provide an inventory and recommended near-term fixes (swap outdated permit signs) and to return with recommendations in two weeks for next steps.
