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384 Main Street Employee Parking Appeal

At a glance

  • What: Appeal of the Planning Manager's determination that employees of a chiropractic business at 382 Main Street parking on Montgomery Avenue is not a violation of the approved site plan (RA zone, Ward 7).
  • Where it stands: Appeal denied 5-0 on October 13, 2026; the administrative decision stands.
  • Next: The 30-day window for reconsideration applies; board members suggested raising on-street parking restrictions with the area alderman.

Details

The appellants, who live next to the business, said 8 to 10 employees park on Montgomery Avenue weekdays, narrowing the street and, they argued, risking emergency access, and cited the off-street parking requirements of Article 28. The Planning Manager's written determination found the site plan provides the required off-street parking, that neither the site plan nor the land use code bars employees from legally parking on public streets, and that on-street parking is a matter for the parking department and police. The business said it has 14 spaces plus one accessible space, about 10 employees and 50 to 60 patients a day, many with limited mobility, and offered to park farther down Montgomery Avenue when it can. A Salvation Army representative said its food pantry runs weekdays 9 to noon and it will steer clients to its own lots. The board held that where people park is not a zoning matter and that nothing in the ordinance says who must use the required spaces; members suggested seeking time-of-day parking restrictions through the area alderman.

Sources

Log

2026-10-13 - Zoning Board of Adjustment

  • Appeal denied 5-0; the Planning Manager's determination upheld. The board said the matter is outside its purview and hoped the parties would find a workable arrangement.