The Public Safety Committee looked over a public notice they had received in regards to parking on Smith and South Main streets during their Monday meeting. P-J photo by Sara Holthouse

A parking problem in the city has made its way to the Public Safety committee.

The Public Safety committee recently received a public safety notice from a Jamestown family regarding parking on Smith and South Main Streets. It was discussed by members of the committee if signs could be put up to help with the problem.

“Looking at what was presented to us, maybe a sign from here to the corner could be put in to keep cars and vehicles from parking right up to Smith, where they’re blocking,” Councilman Bill Reynolds, R-Ward V, said. “When people come up to Smith to make a turn, depending on what the parking side of the street on Main is, you might not be able to see around a car that’s close to Smith.”

Reynolds said it was sent to the committee by someone from the DPW but that he did not know if traffic maintenance or management had taken a look at the notice, so it maybe should be referred to the director of the DPW, Mark Roetzer. Joseph Paternini, R-Ward IV, brought up that most streets have signs that say no parking from here to the corner.

“It sounds like it’s a civil matter, where she’s complaining about someone parking directly behind her driveway,” Councilman Jeff Russell, R-At Large, said. “So, the issue I have with this is she’s basically asking us to put a sign up on the street to solve a civil matter.”

Pictures were also received as a part of the notice, and the committee discussed how going off of the pictures, it seemed more like a personal complaint than a city matter. Russell showed in one picture there was a ticketable offence of a vehicle blocking the driveway, but that another photo of someone parked across from the driveway is not. Parking too close to the intersection was also discussed, and the committee decided to talk with Roetzer about the matter.