The Board of Road Commissioners approved part of the parking plan in Onset that enacts fees for residential street parking at their meeting Thursday night.

Although selectmen recommended the road commissioners allow free, resident only parking in the residential areas of Onset, the commissioners adopted the original plan that calls for the purchase of a $30 resident sticker.

Selectmen Alan Slavin read a report from Town Administrator Derek Sullivan, who was not present at Tuesday's selectman's meeting. He said the road commissioners avoided erecting resident only parking signs would be able to see the plan enacted starting next month.

The parking program, spearheaded by Sullivan and Harbormaster Garry Buckminster, focused on protecting residential parking from out-of-town beachgoers, identified areas for free parking and areas that have high demand.

Buckminster originally proposed a plan where residents could purchase a parking permit for on street parking in residential areas near the beaches and gives them access to the transfer station. Stickers would be $30 and $15 for seniors, and there would also be options for $5 visitor permits and free day-trip guest passes.

Buckminster also proposed a plan for non-resident parking, which would require a $50 sticker and would allow non-residents to "battle it out" for parking with everyone else on a strip of Highland Avenue and 10th Avenue.

It is unclear whether the road commissioners changed the parking ticket fine from $30 to $100, as was recommended by selectmen earlier this month.

"Although a midseason start is not ideal it will help us observe if we have any issues that might arise," Slavin read from Sullivan's report.

The road commissioners also requested that Onset resident stickers would allow free park in the Shell Point parking lot, which falls under the jurisdiction of the board of selectmen.

According to Town Attorney Richard Bowen, the Road Commissioners are in charge of rules and orders on public ways, but not necessarily parking lots.

"To me it's a tennis volley," said Selectman Peter Teitelbaum. He said selectmen made a recommendation on street parking to the road commissioners and now the commissioners are making a recommendation on parking lots.

Selectmen agreed to review the request for the Shell Point lot and make a decision as soon as possible.