Residents in Summerfield Farm will soon note parking restrictions in that Louisburg subdivision. City Council members voted 5-0 on March 4 to limit street parking there.
The council recently directed staff to talk with the Home Owners Association about parking complaints council members and city staff have fielded. The conversation with HOA included a forum for residents to address parking concerns and ask questions.
Parking on both sides of the street limits accessibility, city officials have said. One such concern is that emergency vehicles may have trouble trying to squeeze through the congested street. The council directed city staff to limit parking to the south side of east-west streets, allowing open parking on cul-de-sacs, and allowing limited areas of west side parking on north-south streets, according to the city. Some residents didn’t favor those solutions, noting that restricting parking to the south side of the street presented additional limitations because of fire hydrant locations.
(Read more: The Miami County Republic)