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Property owner asks Plain City to enforce alley easement after potential loss of 12 Main Street spaces
Summary
Local property owner Eric Medici asked Plain City officials to enforce an alley vacation easement that he said requires keeping a pedestrian right-of-way open; he said a proposed change behind 105 W Main Street would remove 12 parking spaces and urged enforcement and clearer markings.
Eric Medici, a Plain City property and business owner, told the Village Council on May 11 that he had considered changing the parking layout behind his building at 105 W Main Street but that doing so would eliminate 12 on-street parking spaces along Main Street.
Medici said the alley vacation that created the easement between 121 W Main Street and 137 W Main Street requires the area be kept open for pedestrian right-of-way and asked Village staff and the police to enforce those provisions. Village Administrator Haley Lupton confirmed she recalls the alley vacation and associated easement and said striping or marked delineators "may be beneficial for future administration of the easement provisions." Medici said, given the information provided at the meeting, he will not change the parking arrangement at 105 W Main Street.
Medici also requested that Director of Law Paul-Michael La Fayette instruct the mayor regarding comments he described as slanderous toward meeting attendees; the minutes record Medici raising that request but do not record a response from legal counsel in the meeting record.
Why it matters: The issue ties to public parking availability on Main Street and to how private property changes interact with recorded easements. Enforcement clarity—whether by signage, striping or active police response—affects pedestrian access and parking supply in the village’s downtown.
What’s next: Village Administrator Lupton suggested administrative options (striping/delineators) as potential remedies; no formal motion, referral, or vote on enforcement measures was recorded at the May 11 meeting.
