April 18, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 5 Midland Park Parking too close to residents’ driveways or outside marked spaces may soon result in tickets for drivers in Midland Park. Working on their car in the street would also be banned. The borough council is considering amending its traffic ordinance to prohibit parking too close to driveways so as to impede access to or egress from them. The discussion on the subject at last week’s council meeting was prompted by a letter from of a resident of Center Street adjacent to the Northwest Regional Senior Activities Center. “I do not drive a smart car, and since there is parking on both sides of the street, it makes it extremely difficult to pull out of my driveway without hitting a car,” said Susan Witney of 40 Center Street. She suggested painting in parking spots with yellow paint or painting the curb allowing one foot on either side of each driveway. Witney submitted photographs of cars parked halfway blocking a driveway or two cars squeezed in between driveways, where only one fits. She said that when one of Resident seeks relief from blocked driveways her neighbors complained to a senior blocking her driveway so that a turn could not be made, the senior responded, “just go in the other direction.” Whitney said this presents a problem as well, because driving east puts the driver into Prospect Street, with its school traffic and a traffic signal at which cars are usually backed up. The resident said she had put notices on the cars and called the police many times, but the situation persists. She said drivers could be encouraged to use Chestnut Street, which has few parked cars on it. Police Lt. Bernie Vandenberg, the department’s traffic officer, recommended revising the traffic ordinance dealing with parking to include that no vehicle shall park on any street or municipal parking facility “where indicated by a painted yellow curb or other pavement abutment.” A new section would be added noting that “where parking spaces are indicated by lines on the pavement, no person shall park a vehicle unless the wheels thereof are entirely within said lines.” Councilman Bernie Holst recalled that the same problem had existed on Paterson Avenue in front of the Kenshire but had been solved by delineating the spaces. Mayor Patrick “Bud” O’Hagan said that attendance at the center has been on the upswing, which might be the reason for the additional need for parking. Councilwoman Nancy Peet said that the county should (continued on page 26)