Cincy mayor vetoes neighborhood parking plan

CINCINNATI (AP) — The rarely used Cincinnati mayoral veto has blocked a council-approved parking plan for residents of a trendy urban neighborhood.

Mayor John Cranley on Wednesday exercised the first veto since he became mayor more than a year ago, and the first by a Cincinnati mayor since 2011. His veto axed a plan to set up a $108-a-year street parking plan for residents of Over-the-Rhine, a neighborhood near downtown that’s being revitalized.

Cranley said his veto is a matter of basic fairness.

“Cincinnati taxpayers from all neighborhoods paid for the public streets in OTR and therefore, all Cincinnatians deserve an opportunity to park on the streets they paid to build and maintain,” Cranley said.