The Municipal Maintenance Department will once again tackle the issue of parking in Onset at a hearing Dec. 8.

The hearing, which will be held at Town Hall at 4:30 p.m., is meant to discuss and review the current parking program, which took effect July 1, 2014.

The program affects residents, guests, and visitors of Onset Village on newly-designated "Resident Only" streets. Resident drivers who live or own taxable real estate in Onset are required to purchase on-street parking permits that allow them to park within designated residential zones. The list of designated residential zones and acceptable parking areas was also released in 2014.

The resident permit, which costs $30 per year for residents under 65-years-old and $15 per year for age 65 and older, also gives residents access to trash transfer stations, as well as beach parking lots at Little Harbor Beach, Swifts Beach, and Swifts Neck. Proof of residence is required upon purchase of the permit.

New parking stickers were unveiled at an April Selectmen meeting, in order to differentiate resident parking from beach and dump parking. Stickers may be purchased at the Harbormaster’s office.

The Municipal Maintenance Department declined to comment on the upcoming hearing and the current program. The Harbormaster’s Office did not respond to requests for comment.

The list of streets and their associated parking situations is as follows:

Resident-only Streets:

First Street – Thirteenth Street, West Boulevard, South Boulevard (Shell Point to the Reynolds House), East Boulevard (Eleventh Street to Waban Avenue), Old East Boulevard, North Boulevard, Longwood Avenue, West Central (from West Boulevard to Eighth Street), Pleasant Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Wilmer Avenue, West Central Avenue (from the north corner of the fire station to Whittemore Avenue), C. W. Bishop Avenue, Highland Avenue (North of the Fire Department Entrance to Eleventh Street), Crescent Place, Whittemore Avenue, Upper Highland Avenue between 11th and Whittemore Avenue, Pearl Avenue, Union Avenue between C.W. Bishop and Whittemore Avenue, Hotel Street, Ocean Avenue

Resident/Non-Resident/Business Permit Parking locations:

Tenth Street (Existing angle parking), Highland Avenue (Resident: West side of street; Non-resident/Business: East side), East Central between Whittemore Avenue and Union Avenue, Union Avenue between Whittemore Avenue and Main Avenue

Prohibited On Street Parking:

Union Street, Tenth Street between Highland Avenue and East Central Avenue, Tenth Street between East Central Avenue and Onset Avenue, East Central Avenue between Onset Avenue and the Onset Fire Department (north corner of property line), Highland Avenue between Onset Avenue and Onset Fire Department (north corner of property line), Sixth Street between West Boulevard and Sunset Island Road., Access road to Shell Point, any public property not designated for parking

The meeting will be held at Town Hall at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 8. For more information, contact the Municipal Maintenance Department at 508-295-5300.