With the support of the city and the Fall River Preservation Society, the owner of the old Bedford Street police station was granted a special permit regarding parking from the Fall River Zoning Board of Appeals last week. According to the digital edition of the Fall River Herald News, Marc Lederman, owner of the development firm Wethersfield LLC, said with this relief from parking requirements the plans to redevelop the more than 100-year-old structure, which has been one of the downtown area’s most blighted properties, can move ahead into 30 to 35 units of “workforce-rate” apartments, which are affordable option for renters who earn too much to qualify for traditional subsidized housing but are still burdened by high market rents, as defined by Mass Housing. One of the first major renovations in redeveloping the old police station would be to put a new roof on the four-story building, which has gaping holes, allowing in the elements.