CLEARFIELD – After past discussions regarding parking issues, the Lawrence Township Supervisors adopted a parking ordinance at their regular meeting on Tuesday.
One of the issues the supervisors looked at was parking during periods of snow removal. The ordinance prohibits parking a vehicle on any road, street and public right-of-way in Lawrence Township between Nov. 15 and April 1. It is also unlawful to throw, shovel or move, pile or dump snow or ice removed from a sidewalk, driveway or other areas onto the roadway.
Another item touched upon in the ordinance has to do with parking in front of fire halls and fire stations. At a meeting earlier in the month, Clearfield Area Middle School Principal Timothy Meckey informed the supervisors that parents were parking in the Lawrence Township Fire Hall parking lot as well as in front of Lawrence Township Fire Company 1’s bay door. Meckey said he feared for the children running across the busy street to get to their parent’s parked cars.
To deal with that problem, part of the ordinance Lawrence Township Police are able to enforce parking at the fire hall and station through the ordinance. The ordinance prohibits parking in at any place where official signs prohibit parking. It also prohibits parking in culdesacs, as well as within 20-feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or when property posted, on the side of a street opposite the entrance of any fire station within 75-feet of the entrance.