Bradford residents press council on parking rules, blight and sidewalk repairs during public comment

Residents used the public-comment period at the Bradford City Council meeting to press elected officials for clearer enforcement of Thursday parking changeover rules, faster action on blighted houses, and repairs to sidewalks that residents said block access for people with mobility needs.

Those concerns formed the core of a longer turn by a resident who did not give a name, who said the neighborhood’s street-sweeper schedule and enforcement were inconsistent and that people who cannot move cars weekly are repeatedly ticketed. The resident said the city’s street sweeper is often broken and asked, “if they cannot clean the streets on Thursday ... why did the residents have to have their cars off the street on Thursday?”

The resident also described what she called dangerous sightlines at a stop sign on…