Developer seeks change in West Springfield parking requirement
Updated 8:20 AM;
WEST SPRINGFIELD To bring tenants back to downtown West Springfield, something’s got to be done about the parking, say the owners the former United Bank building on Elm Street.
It’s not that there isn’t enough parking there are 250 spaces just a short walk away, at the municipal parking lot on Central Street. It’s that West Springfield’s zoning ordinances require a certain number of parking spaces at each individual property, and the dense retail and office buildings on Elm Street don’t have enough room or street frontage to satisfy the law. That saddles potential developers with the delay, expense and uncertainty of applying for a special permit.