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Residents tell Mooresville board parking, safety and downtown cleanliness need attention; speaker warns state bills could limit local zoning authority
Summary
During public comment at the Mooresville meeting, residents urged the town to address loss of on-street parking near Moorebaugh Park, pedestrian and disabled safety with curb extensions, downtown sanitation and music volume, and warned of state legislation that could reduce local zoning authority and expose local officials to lawsuits.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the Town of Mooresville board meeting to raise neighborhood safety and downtown cleanliness concerns and to urge civic engagement on pending state legislation.
Marion Barnes and Sabrina Barnes, who live at 222 West Lawrence Avenue across from Moorebaugh Park, said curb extensions and newly added handicap parallel parking removed on-street parking adjacent to their home and placed the household’s disabled resident at risk. Marion Barnes said he needs at least one reserved parking spot for visiting health-care providers and described vehicles speeding past their home. “I need my parking, I tell you. At least 1 parking spot,” he said.
Sabrina Barnes said the curb…
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