Oak Bluffs Ready to Roll on New Parking Lot Plans

Emma Kilbride |

A new paid town parking lot is one step closer to coming to Oak Bluffs.

The town’s select board voted Tuesday to move forward with the permitting process to turn the empty lot at 0 Uncas avenue into a parking lot, though the mechanism by which patrons will pay for parking is still up in the air.

The board will now approach the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, the Cottage City historic district commission and the Oak Bluffs zoning board of appeals to get permission for the project.

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Parking at a Price

The county parking clerk is currently making the rounds among Island selectmen with a pitch to increase the fees for parking violations. Clerk Carol Grant’s reasoning goes something like this: the minimum fee for overtime parking of ten dollars is too low and hardly a deterrent for a summer person who has another ten bucks in her pocket to throw down — it’s just the cost of being on vacation.

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