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Waterville council passes emergency ordinance to ban parking on part of South Third Street
Summary
The council voted to suspend rules and adopt Ordinance 0225 as an emergency measure to prohibit parking on South Third Street near Locust, citing safety concerns where parked cars could block emergency vehicles; the ordinance amends Part 3, Schedule V of the city's codified traffic schedules.
The Waterville City Council voted on April 28 to pass Ordinance 0225 as an emergency measure to prohibit parking on a portion of South Third Street near Locust, citing public-safety concerns about blocked travel lanes for emergency vehicles.
Staff and public-safety officials told council they had simulated parked vehicles and measured a mirror-to-mirror width of 8 feet 9 inches in the bottleneck area, which they said would prevent…
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