Parking Regulations to be Enforced

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Tue, Jul 05, 2011

Later this month, village police are going to go by the letter of the law when it comes to parking.

Starting later this month folks who don't observe village parking regulations will be ticketed.

But, the village police are going to ramp up to the strict enforcement for the next three weeks so as not to take anyone surprise.

Police Chief Rick Gifford issued the following statement:

"Effective July 25, 2011 the Hamilton Police Department will be strictly enforcing all parking regulations throughout the village. Special attention will be directed towards two hour parking and double parking. For the next three weeks police officers and our parking enforcement officer will be issuing "courtesy warning" tickets advising of the upcoming enforcement initiative. We are encouraging motorist to make use of the free all day parking located at the village office building."

Parking has been an issue in the downtown for the past several years. Former downtown businessman Scott Truett, who formerly operated Adventure Bikes & Boards at 2 Broad St. complained that village police were not enforcing parking regulations. He said many business owners and/or their employees often parked all day near or in front of their businesses, taking away spots for customers.

Truett eventually moved out of the downtown before closing his business.

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It is about time...

Saturday, July 09, 2011 scott

Long overdue and will enable the feet that usually just pass-on-by our fine village, to get on the street. Such a simple and basic idea to encourage tourism, yet it has taken two years to happen. Kudos to those who brought it up and got it in motion. Enforcement is the key. As I explained previously- the village wins with this enforcement, they either get revenue from the tickets written or from the sales tax generated from dollars spent. The way it has been they lose either way! How could this not be obvious to everyone????