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Residents, downtown business owners press Port Orchard council to act on late-night noise, racing and parking enforcement
Summary
Multiple downtown residents and business owners told the council of ongoing late-night engine revving, street racing and a pattern of parking citations that they say harm sleep, commerce and quality of life; speakers urged more enforcement, updated noise tools and changes to parking rules.
Dozens of Port Orchard residents and downtown business owners used the public-comment period at the June 10 City Council meeting to raise persistent problems in the waterfront and Bay Street area: loud cars that rev and race late into the night, drivers speeding through downtown, and parking enforcement practices that owners say hurt small businesses.
Kevin Fox, representing the nonprofit Communitas (which operates group homes in Port Orchard), said one of the organization27s group homes on Harrison Avenue regularly needs four to six staff vehicles present for 24/7 care and that employees are receiving street parking tickets because they cannot use landlord parking; he asked staff to look for solutions. Downtown business owners said two-hour limits and frequent Saturday…
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