Main Street Parking Regulations
At a glance
- What: parking rules on Main St. downtown are being revised.
- Where it stands: on 2026-09-08 the Council ordained the loading zone and two-hour metered parking ordinance 11-0 and placed both Theatre Cafe petitions on file.
- Next: Commissioner Stephen S. Rolle said a comprehensive update to Main St. parking regulations is planned for the fall.
City Manager's ordinance
- Creates a commercial loading zone and two-hour metered parking on a portion of Main St.
- Recommended for approval 3-0 on 2026-08-11; ordained 11-0 on 2026-09-08.
Theatre Cafe petitions
- Filed by Councilors Satya B. Mitra and Robert A. Bilotta for Theatre Cafe's owner.
- Would replace parking regulations with one-hour parking, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., on the odd side between Federal St. and Franklin St. and in front of 484 Main St. (former Denholm Building).
- Both filed 2-0 on 2026-08-31: the first block is already posted one hour 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. except a 40-foot loading zone.
Discussion time
About 7 minutes across 2 meetings (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 - Traffic and Parking Committee | 5 |
| 2026-08-11 - Traffic and Parking Committee | 2 |
Log
- 2026-09-08 - City Council — Items 20a and 20b (the two Theatre Cafe petitions) placed on file 11-0; item 21q, the commercial loading zone and two-hour metered parking ordinance, ordained 11-0 with the other traffic ordinances.
- 2026-08-31 - Traffic and Parking Committee — Two Theatre Cafe petitions filed 2-0; comprehensive fall update to Main St. regulations announced.
- 2026-08-18 - City Council — Item 19p: the commercial loading zone and two-hour metered parking ordinance advertised 9-0.
- 2026-08-11 - Traffic and Parking Committee — City Manager's loading zone and two-hour metered parking ordinance recommended for approval 3-0. Stephen S. Rolle: an existing 7.5-ft parking lane on north Main St. was closed all day; the plan is a commercial loading zone 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., then two-hour metered parking 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., adding four to five customer spaces after talks with a downtown business and the Chamber of Commerce.
- 2026-07-21 - City Council — Item 10.11A CM: the City Manager's ordinance for a commercial loading zone and two-hour metered parking on a portion of Main St. referred to Traffic and Parking.