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Restricted Parking Plan
Presented To City Council

By ROSS HETRICK

Charlottesville Traffic
Engineer Hugo Malanga
presented City Council
Monday might with a proposal
which, if passed, would prevent
University students and staff
from parking on Lewis
Mountain Rd., Thomson Rd.,
and Cameron Lane. Mr.
Malanga's proposal re-suited
from complaints made by
residents of those streets about
the parking situation there.

The parking proposal
provides that permits be issued
to residents of the streets. Any
car without a permit would not
be allowed to park on the
streets between 6 a.m. and 5
p.m. Monday through Friday.

"The problem is that these
roads are being used by
all-night and all-day parkers
who are neither residents nor
guests," said Mr. Malanga as he
presented the proposal to the
Council.

The plan, if approved by
Council, will go into effect
September 1 for a six months
trail period. Residents will not
be charged for permits at first,
but afterward will be charged
$5.

The results of the trial will
then be evaluated to see if it
should be continued and be
used in other parts of the city.

Most of the audience and
the Council were enthusiastic
about the proposal. However,
Councilman Charles Barbour
raised some question about
how the proposal would affect
other areas of the community.

"If you check around the
University, you will find the
same problem around these
roads" said Mr. Barbour. He
said that he believes that the
proposal would only aggravate
the problem in these areas.

Residents Praise

The audience in City
Council Chambers was mostly
composed of residents of the
affected streets. Harry Porter
of Lewis Mountain Rd.
commended Mr. Malanga on
the proposal and said that
Lewis Mountain Rd. was
predominantly a "pedestrian
street" and should not be a
'linear parking lot".

Also praising the proposal
was State Senator J. Harry
Michael, who called Mr.
Malanga.s work "outstanding.
"What Mr. Malanga has worked
out is a system to find out the
bugs in the system," said Mr.
Michael.

Questions Legality

However, not everyone
pra the proposal. David
Lawall of Bollingwood Rd., a
street adjacent to Cameron
Lane, complained that people
not allowed to park on
Cameron Lane would begin
parking on Bollingwood Rd.
"Why can't this plan be
implemented as far west as
Alderman Rd?" Mr. Lawall
asked.

Another question raised by
Mr. Lawall was the legal right
of a resident to restrict parking
in front of his property.

City Attorney Roger Wiley
replied that residents do have a
legitimate if not legal interest
in the road in front of their
house, and that the city can
make regulations governing
parking on these roads.

There will be a second
reading of the proposal at next
City Council meeting this
Monday at which time the final
vote will be taken.