The city of Powell will soon have its community service officer out putting reminders on trailers and campers parked on streets to store them somewhere else.
At last Monday’s city council …
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The city of Powell will soon have its community service officer out putting reminders on trailers and campers parked on streets to store them somewhere else.
At last Monday’s city council meeting Mayor John Wetzel said it was time, as the end of the summer season where it is allowed ended on Labor Day.
In 2015, after seeing more people owning campers, horse trailers and other types, city council passed an ordinance restricting long-term parking of trailers on city streets to the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
“The reasoning behind this, was trailers started getting bigger (especially campers) and everyone started owning one, so there were plenty of congested residential streets,” said city manager Zack Thorington. “Residents started having multiple trailers and parking them in front of other residents because they didn’t have room to park all their trailers in their small driveways. Someone could own a camper, horse trailer and flatbed with no where to park them but on the street.”
It even led to safety issues, with some children riding bikes nearly being hit by drivers whose vision was obstructed by trailers. The ordinance, Thorington said, was a compromise to allow long-term parking during camping, boating and off-road recreation season, but not the rest of the year.
So, from now until Memorial Day, as noted in city code, “It shall be unlawful for any operator to permit a recreational vehicle, trailer, livestock trailer or bus to remain parked for a continuous period of more than 48 hours on any city street or municipal parking area within city boundaries. Moving such a vehicle from one location to another shall not exclude a violation of this section nor toll the 48-hour limit if both locations are on a city street or municipal parking area within city boundaries.”
As an added, bonus, Thorington said, the trailers being off city streets eases snowplowing.