CONNEAUT — A “neighbors dispute” lies behind a flap regarding a no-parking sign on one of Conneaut’s lakefront streets, City Council learned at Monday’s work session.
The result may be a meeting of Fairview Drive residents to iron out the problem, members were told.
At issue is a sign erected by the city that forbids parking on the west side of the tiny street.
In recent weeks, Ward 3 Councilman Greg Mooney has questioned whether Fairview was ever dedicated or accepted as a public street by the city. If private, municipal parking regulations may not apply, he said.
On Monday, Mooney announced research done by Councilman-at-Large Robert Naylor discovered the street was a private drive, and questioned the validity and placement of the sign.
Public Safety Director Jon Arcaro said he ordered the sign based on the city’s history of plowing, paving and maintaining the street. Arcaro said it will be difficult to discontinue a service begun years ago simply because the lane is a private drive, saying a precedent has been set.
“It appears we do have an obligation,” Arcaro said. “We’re on a slippery slope here.”
Mooney initially broached the subject because the parking regulation works a hardship on a disabled Fairview resident. Arcaro said a neighborhood dispute is a factor behind the situation.
City Manager Robert Schaumleffel Jr., said some of the residents do not want the no-parking sign removed. “Some are unhappy with a potential change,” he said.
A meeting with Fairview landowners may help shed more light on the subject, Schaumleffel said.
In other business, Council President Thomas Udell — who took office last month — announced he would be stepping down as coordinator of the city’s Fourth of July Festival this year because of time constraints. Udell has handled the festival the past few years.
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