Boardman Township to enforce stricter parking rules

BOARDMAN — The township is moving forward with an initiative to crack down on illegal parking.

Township trustees at a meeting earlier this week approved a resolution updating and expanding aspects of the township parking district, which township Administrator Jason Loree says is part of an effort to more strictly enforce township parking regulations.

The most notable change, he says, is that a rule prohibiting parking on residential lots is now codified in a list that also designates fire lanes, sidewalks, in front of driveways, within an intersection, and on a crosswalk, among other places, as areas where parking is not permitted.

“Parking on the grass has always been a major complaint for us,” said Loree. “Now [enforcement is] being done through the police department.”

Loree encourages residents to call the police department regarding parking violations since stricter enforcement will largely be complaint-driven, he said.

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