BRUNSWICK

The Brunswick Town Council on Tuesday will try to hammer out a solution as to how to deal with Bowdoin College students parking on Page Street, which is causing congestion.

Two suggestions are before the council:

— Limit parking on Page Street to two hours between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday at any space adjacent to a curb, or in any space adjacent to a curb on the same block.

— Banning overnight parking without a permit.

In December, a divided council enacted a $25 overnight parking permit for residents on Longfellow Avenue. The decision was made after residents complained that guests were being ticketed in the area in which overnight parking was banned.

The change allowed a property owner to purchase up to two permits to be hung on a vehicle’s rearview mirror.

At the time, some councilors questioned whether that action would result in a rash of permits to be required throughout town.

The Longfellow ordinance was written in a way that it could have been easily amended to include other streets.

At the time, Brunswick Police Capt. Mark Waltz, who helped write the amendment, said he had expected to hear from Page Street residents dealing with parking issues.

Overnight parking is currently legal on Page Street, according to Town Councilor Jane Millett, who said she has received complaints about congestion caused by students parking overnight and over the weekend, exacerbated by snow accumulation.

“It hit a crisis point with the snowstorm before Thanksgiving,” said Millett. “Kids were there all weekend, and the plows couldn’t get in.”

Neighbors are also concerned that emergency vehicles may have difficulty getting into the area.

The street, Millett said, ought not to be used as a “parking lot.”

“I’m not sure what the neighborhood is going to be on board with,” said Chairwoman Sarah Brayman, who had voted against the Longfellow Avenue parking placard amendment. “I want to hear from the neighbors. … We may come up with a third option. The issue is that the street is very narrow. It gets clogged. There’s a public safety concern.”

Brayman said that the council may need to look at parking issues around Bowdoin College as part of “the overall big picture.”

Both Brayman and Millett stressed the Page Street issue was different than Longfellow.

“Longfellow was a convenience issue, and people wanted to park there at night,” said Millett.