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Kenai council enacts ordinance to ban using private property to bypass public roadways; enforcement requires witness
Summary
The Kenai City Council on June 18 enacted Ordinance 34-78-2025, making it an offense to drive from public right-of-way through private property and back to public right-of-way to avoid traffic control. Police said enforcement will require an officer or credible witness who observed the maneuver.
The Kenai City Council on June 18 enacted Ordinance 34-78-2025 to prohibit driving from a public right-of-way across private property and back to public right-of-way — a practice residents and the Kenai Chamber of Commerce said was creating safety problems at the Visitor Center parking area.
Samantha Springer, executive director of the Kenai Chamber of Commerce, told the council the Visitor Center parking lot has been used as a through-route for drivers trying to avoid the traffic light, producing hazardous conditions for staff, visitors and children playing nearby. “It is dangerous the way people have driven through the parking lot,” Springer said, adding that speed bumps and…
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