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My name is Michael Mayo and I live on Library street. For the past 3 months since the change in parking signs the residents on the street an business employees nearby have complied and followed the rules. Since college has been in session there has only been one instance of vehicles receiving tickets. As the college kids are 95% of the problem, I believe this to be extremely unfair to the people who live and work here. I've personally witnessed cars parked in the same spots for 24-48 hours at a time. As well as people placing old tickets on their windshield to avoid getting new ones. Continued enforcement needs to take place, otherwise these signs and regulations do absolutely nothing outside of place a burden on those who live and work in this area. Please address the situation
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A. unenforced parking regulations
A. Parking concerns
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City of Framingham (Verified Official)
Acknowledged Adam Kiel (Registered User)
Closed Adam Kiel (Registered User)
Your possible neighbor (Ms. Saad) contacted me about this matter.
Back in 2010 the Board of Selectmen adopted new parking regulations Town-wide. There were three zones in Town that they felt necessary to have three hour parking restrictions. The three hour zone surrounding Framingham State University and Framingham Center recently added Library Street to this list.
Commercial properties in the area were losing business due to vehicles parking and not moving for the entire day.
I understand that you are the only residential property on that street. This restriction does not take place overnight. If you were to park on the proper side of the street after 6pm, you need to move your vehicle by 6am, or take the chance of getting a parking ticket.
There is only one section in Town that has a resident parking sticker program, and that is around the commuter rail train station. This was to persuade commuters from parking their vehicles on the residential streets.
The only way to potentially rescind the parking restriction on Library Street would be to attend a meeting of the Traffic and Roadway Safety Committee.
They are an advisory committee to the Board of Selectmen and discuss matters such as these. If a recommendation is proposed by the Committee, it would then need to go before the Board of Selectmen for approval.
You can contact me at awk@framinghamma.gov for more information.
Reopened Michael Mayo (Registered User)
Bobby (Registered User)
Closed Adam Kiel (Registered User)
Michael Mayo (Registered User)