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Resident challenges downtown placard-numbered parking signs; public works cites residential-application ordinance
Summary
A resident complained that placard-numbered handicap signs in a downtown block were installed without council approval and effectively reserve on-street spaces; city staff said an existing ordinance allows residents to apply for residential handicap signs through the zoning office with a $25 fee and that downtown is not the ordinance’s intended area.
FOSTORIA — A downtown resident told council he believes the mayor authorized placard-numbered handicap signs that reserve on-street spaces for drivers with specific placard numbers, and he urged the signs be removed from business-front parking.
"The mayor takes it upon himself ... and had 2 signs made ... to allow only those people with that placard number parking those spots," resident Nate Vogelsong said…
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