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Oberlin council debates residential parking policy, agrees to wait for ParkNav data
Summary
Councilors discussed options to address overnight and long-term on-street parking after the 2021 repeal of the city's snow-ban ordinance. City staff recommended either an all-year 2 a.m.-6 a.m. parking ban or a November'April ban; councilors and the police chief favored gathering ParkNav data first and convening a working group.
Interim City Manager John Clark and Police Chief Warfield presented council with options on Jan. 21 to address renewed residential-parking problems after the 2021 repeal of the city's snow-ban ordinance.
Clark and the chief outlined three choices: reinstate a 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. nightly parking ban citywide, restore a November'April seasonal ban, or do nothing. Chief Warfield said complaints and citation counts indicate some pressure: his office logged 23 caller parking complaints from November through January in the…
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