Providence Street Resident Permit Parking
At a glance
Based on auto-generated captions plus the posted minutes; names and details may be misheard.
- What: a petition by Francel Hollins et al. about parking on Providence St. between Dorchester St. and South St.
- Where it stands: the committee held and amended it on 2026-08-19. A committee report to file it was accepted by the City Council on 2026-10-06.
- Next: none in the record; the reasons for filing are not stated in the documents reviewed.
What the petitioner wants
- Advertised as removing No Parking Anytime on the street and putting resident permit parking on the even side.
- The petitioner (the owner at 92 Providence St., apparently Hollins) said the advertised text was wrong. He wants No Parking on the even side, as it was for about a hundred years, and permit parking on the odd side.
- His reasoning: only tenants across the street and visitors to the pizza shop park on the even side, and they block driveways and leave litter.
- Chair Jose A. Rivera amended the petition to read resident permit parking on the odd side and No Parking Anytime on the even side.
Staff view
- Stephen S. Rolle recommended holding and re-advertising so the item matches the request.
- Switching sides means shifting the double yellow line, which costs parking spaces, and plow routes need DPW input.
Discussion time
About 4 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 - Traffic and Parking Committee | 4 |
Log
- 2026-10-06 - City Council — Item 16i: committee report to place the amended petition on file accepted.
- 2026-08-19 - Traffic and Parking Committee — Held 2-0 after Rivera amended the text to match the petitioner's intent; Rolle to quantify the cost of switching sides.