Recently re-instituted downtown parking enforcement may go on hold after a Monday night special Canton City Council meeting.
The council will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at Canton City Hall, 151 Elizabeth St. They’ll decide whether to delay enforcement until early next year while a more permanent solution is sought-or perhaps to lengthen the current two-hour limit in the heart of downtown to three or more hours, said Mayor Gene Hobgood.
That’s after several merchants, including owners of a coffee shop and hair salon, spoke at Thursday night’s regular council meeting. They called two hours too restrictive, with the salon owners saying some of their procedures take longer than that.
Police began enforcing the limit on Main, North, Church and Marietta streets again in November, after a lapse of more than a year. In the first week, they issued nearly 100 tickets.
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