A proposal to allow restaurants to count nearby public parking spaces toward their parking requirements sparked lively debate at the Oct. 26 Town Meeting but failed to gain the required two-thirds majority vote to pass. Put on the meeting agenda through a "citizens petition" organized by former selectman Alan Slavin, the change would have eased occupancy restraints on establishments in Onset and on Main Street in Wareham Village.
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