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Resident asks Delafield to restore no‑parking sign at Milwaukee and 2nd Streets, warns of safety hazard
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Summary
Delafield resident Jim Larson told the council on March 2 that the no‑parking sign at Milwaukee Street and 2nd Street was removed by DPW because there was no documentation authorizing it and urged the council to consider a 25–30 foot restriction to preserve safe sight lines and emergency access.
Jim Larson, who said he lives at 1511 2nd Street, used the council's citizen comment period on March 2 to ask the City of Delafield to revisit parking restrictions near the corner of Milwaukee Street and 2nd Street.
Larson said a sign that previously read "no parking at any time" had been removed in February. "It was DPW that took it down because they didn't have any documentation to prove that it was ever approved," he told the council, and said the removal left vehicles parking close to Milwaukee Street and obstructing the lane.
Larson described multiple near‑conflict incidents and expressed concern that emergency vehicles, including EMS, could be impeded. He asked the council to "review the possibility of establishing a legal restriction on parking for at least 25, 30 feet so that when you come down the hill, you have a place to ... get out onto Milwaukee Street."
Council members who heard the comment did not take immediate action at the meeting; the matter was raised publicly and the mayor and staff indicated it would be routed to the appropriate departments for review. No formal motion or vote was recorded on the floor that night.
Next steps: council members and staff indicated the issue will be reviewed with DPW; any proposed sign or ordinance change would return to the council for formal consideration.
