Plan would bring residential-only parking to parts of Sharpsburg

Sharpsburg officials are beginning to consider the details of a residential parking program.

The proposal calls for areas including North and South Main streets, a stretch of Clay Avenue from Sixth to School streets and nearby roads and Middle Street from 13th to 21st streets to be in the program.

Parking in those areas would be for residents only.

Councilman Matthew Rudzki said Sharpsburg's residential parking program would be similar to Aspinwall's. Each vehicle that is registered to a property on streets designated residential parking only could receive a parking pass.

“There's no limit. If you have five cars and five people living in one house you get five permits,” Rudzki said.

The borough hired Sandy Woods as a parking enforcement officer last month. She had previously worked in Aspinwall. Officials created the position with the approval of the 2015 budget. At that time council hoped to form a permit parking program to free up parking spaces taken up by overflow vehicles from businesses and rental properties.

Permits would not guarantee a specific space along those streets.

“It doesn't give you a space, it gives you the right to park in a restricted residential parking zone,” Rudzki said.

Council President Karen Pastor said more discussion was needed to determine the rules and regulations of the program before anything is finalized. She suggested council as a whole or a committee should discuss the issue.

“There's a lot of variables,” Pastor said.

Tom McGee is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-856-7400, ext. 1513, or tmcgee@tribweb.com.