As the summer's warm weather leads to more events being held on the streets of the Back Bay, some community members are looking for more advance notice of road closing gatherings, or possibly moving them to other areas.

"The issue right now is that there is not, that we can figure out, a consistent form of notification that is going out to impacted businesses," said Meg Mainzer-Cohen, president of the Back Bay Association.

"It's important for the stakeholders of Back Bay to be able to accommodate and work around. We spoke to the city as recently as April requesting this, it has been a real issue. It's not organized and not comprehensive."

In the past month, the neighborhood has seen the Pride Parade, a march by the Ancient Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, a Hare Krishna procession, the BAA 10K Road Race and the Boston Overnight Walk, as well as the Celtics' victory parade.

The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) publishes city-wide traffic advisories and closures on its website, although the most recent advisory did not mention the Overnight Walk on June 22-23. Sometimes the advisories cover events weeks in the future and sometimes days in the future.

That requires frequently checking the website instead of getting a heads up, Mainzer-Cohen said. She said BTD used to send notifications to the Back Bay Association after the issuance of permits for parades or street closings, and in turn BBA would send out a notification for its members, who could then adjust and inform their customers.

"It's important so we can notify businesses. We have hotels, there might be weddings at the hotel, and we tell them so they can notify the parties that are circumnavigating between there and the church. Deliveries happen, valet service happens. There is a very important notification to know when the street is going to be closed," Mainzer-Cohen said, adding that tour trolleys and duck boats are also affected by street closures without advance knowledge.

"It's really led to a sense of chaos. People don't really know what's going to happen. It's not a little thing and this is something we are very much hoping that this detail can be worked out," Mainzer-Cohen said.

District 8 City Councilor Sharon Durkan's office did not return a request for comment.

In a statement, a BTD spokesperson wrote "The Boston Transportation Department works with several city departments to determine permitting for special events throughout the city. The city strives to balance safety and access with providing support to organizations who want to use our streets to create a shared experience for residents and visitors. Traffic advisories are posted to the city website and sent through an email subscription weekly."

Mainzer-Cohen said her members wanted a return to the neighborhood-specific notification system.

"It's important for the stakeholders of Back Bay to be able to accommodate and work around. We spoke to the city as recently as April requesting this, it has been a real issue," she said. "They notified us about the Celtics, but it's not organized and not comprehensive." And Martyn Roetter, chair of the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay, said he wanted to see city officials encourage event planners to use other neighborhoods for their gatherings, while "presenting that in the context where the holder of the event is not presented as being relegated to a neighborhood of less prestige than the Back Bay."

"One of the aspects of equity is providing opportunities more evenly across the city," Roetter said. "If you look at events and parades as being opportunities and not just burdens, which we certainly do in the Back Bay, let's think constructively and innovatively about what can be done to encourage events and parades to consider other neighborhoods, and what benefits they would bring to other neighborhoods. We are not saying necessarily that we should not hold events in the Back Bay, we're saying there are some alternative locations that make sense."