In Closed Session, Council Votes <nobr>9-0</nobr> To Request Belmont Shore Parking Advisory Comm'n To Conduct Study Re Consideration To Purchase 5347 E. 2nd St. (Former "Roe" Fish Market/Restaurant Site); Speculation Centers On Possible Use For Parking Structure

LBReport.com

News

In Closed Session, Council Votes 9-0 To Request Belmont Shore Parking Advisory Comm'n To Conduct Study Re Consideration To Purchase 5347 E. 2nd St. (Former "Roe" Fish Market/Restaurant Site); Speculation Centers On Possible Use For Parking Structure

LBREPORT.com is reader and advertiser supported. Support independent news in LB similar to the way people support NPR and PBS stations. We're not non-profit so it's not tax deductible but $49.95 (less than an annual dollar a week) helps keep us online.

(May 20, 2015) -- Following up on a developing story noted on May 18 by LBREPORT.com, City Attorney Charles Parkin reported during the Council's May 19 open session that in closed seesion, the Council had voted 9-0 "to request the Belmont Shore Parking [and Business Improvement Area] Advisory Commission to conduct a study which shall include the financial feasibility and traffic impacts and community outreach relating to consideration to purchase 5374 E. 2nd St."

That address is colloquially known to locals as the former site of the "Roe" restaurant/fish market.

[Scroll down for further.]

The parcel is zoned to accommodate building a parking structure.

As previously reported by LBREPORT.com, 3rd district Councilwoman Suzie Price held a community meeting on March 30 to discuss what she said at that time were very preliminary terms about whether City Hall might or might not want to pursue with the property, located just west of Bay Shore Ave. near Claremont Ave. LBREPORT.com wasn't present at the March 30 meeting, but an attendee tells us that many of those present were from the Claremont Ave. area and voiced opposition to having a parking structure next too them...and a number of questions were left unanswered, including from where the money would come for the purchase.

[Scroll down for further.]

Parking is a chronic sore point for both 2nd St. businesses and adjacent neighborhoods. The shortage of parking bedevils 2nd St. businesses and pushes customers into nearby residential areas where parking is already very scarce for residents.