e Rules and regulations for addressing visiter/contractor/commercial parking needs in the area;
* Hours that the program is to be in effect and logic supperting those hours;
e Recommended penalties for violating program rules and regulations;
* Fees (if any) associated with the program;
« The method for addressing the cost of implementation, administration, and enforcement;
e Designation of implementation, administration, and enforcement duties within the City.
These recommendations may be presented to the petitioners in advance for review or submitted to them
in tandem with presentation to the community’s legislative body. Hf the later occurs, there is typically a
period for public review and comment prior to the issue advancing for ratification.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NASHUA
DESMAN believes there is significant appetite in some wards and neighborhoods for a change in the
overnight parking policy, but not enough support for a wholesale dismantling of the current policy in
place. As such, we do not recommend simple abolishment of the current prohibition on overnight parking
across the City of Nashua.
Core Rules
Instead, DESMAN recommends the City of Nashua adopt a program which will allow citizens to request
designation of areas impacted within the city as parking permit zones. Within these zones, if established
and ratified following due process, permit holders would be able to park on public streets overnight
without censure provided they:
1. Follow rules and regulations established for the program, including parking only in designated
areas.
2. Renew their permits annually and agree to update their vehicle and contact information at any
time in which either changes within forty-eight (48) hours of the change.
3. Abide by parking rules and regulations governing curbside spaces when in effect. This means if
the parking spaces within a permit zone are subject to metering during standard business hours,
permit holders must pay the meter fee. Similarly, time limits established to ensure turnover in
commercial or mixed districts are valid during hours of enforcement for permit holders without
exception.
4. Remove their vehicle from the street during the dates and times designated for trash collection
on that particular street, without exception. This applies to both sides of the roadway.
5. Remove their vehicle from all roadways for periodic snow emergencies, snow removal and street
maintenance, without exception.
Application for Consideration
Citizens would have the right to submit a request for establishment of a parking permit program area.
This request would include a narrative describing: why those citizens are requesting establishment of the
program; the proposed boundaries of the program area’; the objectives of the program; an inventory of
1 As a general practice, a proposed permit area should not exceed three contiguous blocks in length or width, making for a
maximum potential permit area of not more than nine square blocks. In DESMAN’s experience, this represents the maximum
reasonable walking distance between parking and destination for a community of Nashua’s size and scale,
