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Committee clears advertisement of 15-minute parking and street-name changes to reduce confusion, help businesses
Summary
The public safety committee authorized advertisement of two ordinances: a 15-minute parking zone on Greenwood Avenue to aid adjacent businesses and amendments to split Spring Avenue and create South Spring Avenue to reduce response confusion and allow stop-sign enforcement.
Cheltenham Township’s public safety committee voted to authorize advertisement and consideration of two vehicle-and-traffic ordinance amendments aimed at improving short-term parking for businesses and clarifying street names for responders.
One ordinance would add 15-minute parking from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the west side of Greenwood Avenue beginning 100 feet south of Glenside Avenue and ending 155 feet south, intended to prevent commuter parking from occupying business-front spaces. Police Chief John P. Slavenge described the change as “an effort … to be responsive to some needs of our business community” affected by recent bridge work.
A separate ordinance would amend Chapter 285 of township code to split Spring Avenue into sections, create a new South Spring Avenue and add administrative traffic regulations — including language to allow enforcement of stop signs that became necessary after traffic-signal removals at the Montgomery/Mill/Windsor/Surrey intersection. Allison, the township manager, said the change will not force any property to change its mailing address: “No — there actually aren’t any properties with driveways in that segment,” she told commissioners.
Commissioners asked staff to confirm whether the 15-minute restriction will apply seven days a week and requested a report on meter revenues and the impact of the mobile-payment system used on township meters before final adoption. The committee unanimously moved to advertise both ordinances for public consideration.
Why it matters: The measures are administrative but affect daily access to businesses and first-responder clarity when responding to emergency calls; splitting similarly named street segments is intended to reduce dispatch confusion.
Next steps: Staff will prepare final ordinance language and administrative details for a future board meeting and provide the requested meter-revenue information for commissioners to consider during the adoption process.
