[MassHistPres] Designated parking space lines

[annelusk at gmail.com]

Dear All,

    As a person familiar with white lines painted for bike networks, painted white lines fade and that is why there is always a line item for repainting in high frequency areas.  What will be shockingly white the first year, will be fainter in subsequent years.  The service life of white paint, which is what would be applied, is not very long compared to thermoplastic.  Look at older parking lots in the area to assess what the parking lot will look like after the first year.

Anne  

 

Anne Lusk, Ph.D. 

18 Hart Street, Brookline, MA 02445 

Boston University Metropolitan College Lecturer – Urban Agriculture

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Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Designated parking space lines

 

The question I might ask is whether there is a requirement that parking space stripes be bright white.  A less contrasty color that still reads might be less visually intrusive.  

 

In Swampscott’s bylaw materials in the ground plane like paving are not in HDC’s jurisdiction.

 

Richard Smith

Swampscott Historic District Commission

 

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Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Designated parking space lines

 

It seems that if your guidelines do not currently address the situation, then it is too late now to try to prevent the town's striping of the lot in this specific case.  I deal with a property that failed to have lines painted on its newly paved parking lot and this has created ongoing problems, including some question about the limits of the Handicapped Parking spaces.

 

Lucy Allen
 <mailto:lucyiallen at aol.com> lucyiallen at aol.com

 

 

On Monday, June 10, 2024 at 10:50:26 AM EDT, Hetty Startup via MassHistPres < <mailto:masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> wrote: 

 

 

I think one has to weigh the risks of parking spaces not being legible - with attendant problems of liability. Speaking as a rep. of property manager, but one about to retire.

Hetty Startup

Amherst Historical Commission 

 

On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 9:49 AM Nancy Robbins via MassHistPres < <mailto:masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> wrote:

Hello all,
Our Historical Society building,  which is located in the Historic District in Norton recently had their driveway resurfaced. It was needed and was hazardous in its previous state. The building is on town property too. The town wants to paint in parking lines so it’s apparent where the spaces are and to include Handicapped spaces. Our guidelines do not address this situation. I’m thinking since it’s on town property and town rules require it then that supersedes? Especially since we don’t have an established guideline. 

How do others handle a similar scenario?

Many thanks,

Nancy

Nancy Robbins Federici
Co-chair , The Norton Historic Commission, Norton, MA
C. (508) 958-5165

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