Newton Election Supervisor John Doyle has informed the City Council that the Vote Yes to Repeal the Winter Overnight Parking Ban ballot committee has obtained sufficient signatures to place the repeal of the ban on the ballot in November 2025. The committee — which was formed in June 2023, raised…
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At 2AM this December 1, Newton’s overnight parking ban returns. The City Council has made up its mind: the ban is worth all the trouble it causes, at least for another winter. For these next four long months, many Newton residents will find themselves once again walking to and from…
Since a citizens’ petition to repeal the winter parking ban was rejected by the City Council, the ban remains in effect. From December 1 through March 31, it is illegal to park for more than one hour on any street between 2AM and 6AM. Violators are subject to a $25…
Echoing the October 4 decision of the Newton City Council’s Public Safety and Transportation Committee, the City Council voted 21-3 to reject a citizens’ petition to repeal Newton’s winter parking ban. Council President Susan Albright, Councilor Andrea Kelly, and Councilor Holly Ryan cast the dissenting votes. The petition, initiated by…
The campaign to Repeal the Parking Ban aims to remove Newton’s winter-time ban on overnight street parking, except in the case of snow emergencies. (See Fig City News articles.) Proponents of repeal have been gathering signatures to place a ballot question in front of voters this November. The campaign recently…
The City’s winter overnight parking ban, which is in effect December 1 through March 31 each year, has been the subject of considerable debate, and a committee — Vote Yes to Repeal the Winter Overnight Parking Ban — has formed to seek its repeal. Since delivering fifty signatures of the…
A Committee, headed by former Ward 3 Councilor Jim Cote and Newton Highlands Area Council President Jeremy Freudberg, filed papers with Newton City Hall to put an initiative on this November’s ballot to repeal Newton’s seasonal parking ban. The overnight winter parking ban goes into effect on December 1 and…
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