Parking exceptions in somerville

[copperpoint.livejournal.com]

I'm told in cambridge, the parking folks are generally willing to look the other way if you're having a party and you give them advanced notice. Does Somerville have a similar policy?
Thanks

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[sapphira-altair.livejournal.com]

It's *really* easy to get one-time parking permits from Traffic and Parking. It's $1 per car, although I got 10 for free back in November. Just go here (http://www.somervillema.gov/section.cfm?org=traffic&page=916) to apply for them.

That said, since parking is such a big issue, when we have parties I typically ask people to carpool and use the municipal lots as much as possible, too.

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[ron_newman]

I tagged this "parking". If you can edit your post to include a descriptive Subject, that will help people find this post in the future. Thanks.

[haptotrope.livejournal.com]

I remember there being a "call the parking office" let them know you are having a party. Guests park, bring tickets to you at the end of the night, then you bring the tickets to the parking office to get them voided.

Might be worth a call: 617-625-6600 X7900 since that 1$/car thing sucks.

[roosto.livejournal.com]

I recently had a party and bought 10 of the things. I told the guests that there were 10 of them and if they ran out they'd have to park on Holland or Broadway where there were no restrictions after 6pm. 40-50 ppl showed up and I think that maybe 5 passes were used, most folks just parked in unregulated spaces not wanting to bother with the nonsense.