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DeWitt establishes no‑parking zones on Canterbury Road after resident complaints
Summary
The Town Board approved a local law creating time-limited no‑parking zones along Canterbury Road to address safety and school‑day congestion; residents and police said enforcement and school staff parking remain challenges.
The Town of DeWitt on Monday approved a local law amending the town code to create no‑parking zones on Canterbury Road designed to improve safety during school hours and weekday daytime traffic.
The law establishes no‑parking on the south side of Canterbury Road every day from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on the north side on school days during the same hours. The zones extend from Jamesville Road east for 403 feet to a point 158 feet from DeWitt Shire Road, the town clerk’s public notice said.
Why it matters: residents said double parking and staff parking near Jamesville‑DeWitt schools has blocked sightlines, created near‑misses and interfered with emergency access during drop‑off and pick‑up times.
Mary Anne Fish, who lives at 170 Canterbury Road, told the board she supported the new proposal. “I just wanna thank you for making the new proposal, which I think aligns with the objectives better than the proposal,” she said.
Other residents described daily congestion and said employees and parents often refuse to use an existing parking lot. Police and highway officials told the board they were aware of complaints but said enforcement resources are limited. The town’s police representative said officers have ticketed vehicles when possible but that repeated illegal parking persisted.
Board members and staff said the town will coordinate with the Jamesville‑DeWitt School District and the district’s new administration to encourage staff to use the available lot and to support enforcement. The town said new signage will be installed on the affected stretches and that repeat violators could be ticketed or towed under existing enforcement authorities.
The board closed the hearing and adopted the local law by voice vote.
