NAHANT — The Select Board continued discussions of a parking policy on Tuesday night, aiming to provide clarity and enact a formal policy for the town.

As a part of the process, Town Administrator Alison Nieto has created a sub-committee to draft a formal policy, which includes the town’s parking clerk and Nahant Police Chief Timothy M. Furlong and Lt. Stephen R. Shultz.

The new parking committee is reviewing the town’s parking procedures, from guest parking to how “resident-only” streets are enforced. A policy that would outline where residents are permitted to park, what lots in town require stickers, and where guests are permitted to park.

Currently, stickers are required to park in specific beach lots around town, and at Nahant Wharf, residents are not required to have a sticker to park in front of their own homes, Nieto said.

Throughout town, there are also “resident only” parking signs along with “parking by permit” signs,” according to Select Board Chair Rob Tibbo. However, the town is trying to get rid of the “parking by permit” signs “because they don’t really fit the model, and so … the standard is going to be ‘resident only’ as far as any restrictions in that regard.”

For guests wishing to park in Nahant, the current procedure is to inform the Police Department that a visitor is parking somewhere. The policy, drafted by Nieto and the parking sub-committee, states that visitors should continue to do this.

Nieto said the police are in favor of continuing this practice, citing a time when individuals “did contact the police; the police actually went down and helped to park the cars to make sure that it wasn’t blocking anything or impeding a public‑safety vehicle from coming down.”

Vice Chair Pat O’Reilly noted that his wife, a physician, had previously used a windshield placard when visiting patients, and suggested the idea of official Nahant placards for guests. “But maybe we just keep it as, you know, do call the police because we have so many roads that are impassable if you try to park in front of the house,” he said, adding that those questions should go to the parking committee.

While the committee works on a more formal guest-parking system, Tibbo said, “If we were to say right now, here and now, that the policy is that you call the police … the homeowner calls, and says, ‘I’m going to have these vehicles out in front of my house. Here are the license numbers.’ That should cover it for now.”