Groton ― The city plans to take a look at parking within the half-mile arc around Electric Boat and consider designating additional streets for residential parking.

Many streets near EB already are designated as residential parking, including Nicholas Avenue, Triton Place, Chapman Street, Elderkin and West Elderkin Avenues, Forest Street, Hamilton Avenue, and Ledyard Avenue. The area has a mix of parking types, including resident parking, one-hour parking and three-hour parking, said City Mayor Keith Hedrick.

The city recently revised its parking ordinance to clarify residential parking and will next review and add residential streets, as necessary, to address parking issues negatively impacting residents in the Five Corners area, he said.

The city has seen an increase in complaints from residents and parking violations, such as parking longer than one or three hours, in that area as well as other parts of the city, said Hedrick. People are parking and blocking residents’ abilities to access their homes and get deliveries, he said.

Overall, the area is seeing more demand for parking, and parking is at a premium.

As Electric Boat expands, there has been more parking due to the increased number of employees, Hedrick said. Some of the parking is legal, while other parking is illegal.

The city this week took the first step in a two-part process to review the parking. The City Council on Monday approved an updated parking ordinance that clarifies what residential parking is.

City of Groton Police Chief David Burton told the City Council at a Committee of the Whole meeting last month that the city is revising the ordinance to reduce any confusion regarding the two types of residential parking that the city had ― one allowed residents’ visitors to park with a 24-hour permit and the other did not. The city currently has 23 residential parking streets: six allow guest passes and 17 do not, according to a city list.

The revised ordinance combines the two types into one type of residential parking, called resident-only parking, where residents and their guests can park by permit.

The next step will be to pass a resolution that defines the streets impacted by resident-only parking, Hedrick said.

The city will review the list of 23 streets currently designated for residential parking to make sure they should continue and see if any additional streets within the half-mile radius should be added, he said.

There will be “carve-outs” from residential parking for businesses and commercial establishments in the area, he said.

A proposed resolution, which will outline resident-only parking streets, is expected to be reviewed and revised over the next couple of months.

The proposed resolution will be discussed at a May 20 Public Safety Committee meeting, Hedrick said. It then would go to a Committee of the Whole and then Mayor & Council meeting for approval.

k.drelich@theday.com