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City staff says legal limits on parking enforcement constrain options; license-plate readers under consideration
Summary
A downtown restaurant owner raised concerns about chronic parking by noncustomers; city staff said court rulings limit enforcement practices and that license-plate-reader approaches are being explored pending budget discussions.
Roy Hicks, owner of Uncle Pauls Diner, told the Ashland Board of City Commissioners on May 22 that chronic parking by noncustomers in front of his downtown restaurant is harming his business and asked for a timeline for enforcement.
A city staff member responded that recent Sixth Circuit case law constrains some parking-enforcement tactics and described limitations on marking or physically altering vehicles. Staff said the city is exploring…
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