Areawide parking regulations ordinance moves forward

After some discussion about the jurisdiction of two new sections of a municipal code governing parking regulations, the Borough Assembly voted unanimously to pass the ordinance on its second reading.

The ordinance was tabled in early October pending Police Chief Kelly Swihart’s return from an 11-week training in Virginia. The ordinance will transfer two new sections to Title 11 of the former-City of Petersburg’s traffic ordinances into Borough Code.

Assembly member Bob Lynn said he’d like to see the ordinance apply only to Service Area 1 rather than areawide, encompassing the whole Borough.

“I...