Boardman trustees approve no-parking ordinance in neighborhood

By Bruce Walton

bwalton@vindy.com

BOARDMAN

After a compromise with residents and officials, township trustees approved the resolution of a no-parking ban on the hydrant side of Green Bay Drive.

Marilyn Kenner, township road superintendent, said the no-parking ordinance will stretch from 73 Green Bay Drive to Forest Lake Drive based on the recommendation of the neighbors and police.

She also said the ordinance will go into effect Nov. 1 and hopes the signs will be installed by then.

The problem first began when neighbors came to the trustees meeting a few weeks earlier complaining about cars speeding down the road and that there were too many cars parked on Green Bay.

“You can’t see anything when you come around that bend, and people come around there flying,” said Green Bay resident Ed Onderko.

As a compromise, the police increased enforcement in the area for speeding and offered a petition for neighbors to sign asking for installation of a no-parking ordinance on at least one side of the road.

Onderko, who was one of the neighbors leading the petition signing, said about 75 percent of the neighbors signed it.

“It’s one of those things where we’re researched it, we’ve talk to everybody in the neighborhood, we’ve given everybody an opportunity to come in, and I think that this is the best outcome,” Kenner said.

In other business, trustees will pay Emergitech LLC $12,648 for their annual software maintenance support agreement. The trustees also approved a resolution to clean up debris and overgrowth on several foreclosed properties in the township now owned by local banks.