The Muncie City Council tabled two ordinances that would havelimited parking east of Studebaker Complex after residents andlandlords raised concerns.
The council voted unanimously Monday night to table an ordinancethat would require a permit to park on all streets in theneighborhood east of Studebaker from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays andan ordinance that would ban parking on streets without curbs in thesame area without a permit at all times.
Mayor Dan Canan, who sponsored one of the ordinances, said thecity decided to send the ordinances back to the Land and TrafficCommittee after residents in the area bounded by New York Avenue,Linden Street, Wayne Street and Bethel Avenue complained.
Canan created the ordinances because of student commuters whopark on the streets and clog the area, he said.
Eldon Buck, who rents 15 properties in the area, collected 61signatures of landowners and residents in the area who are againstthe ordinances.
Attorney David Karnes, who was hired by Eldon Buck to representthe people who signed the petition, said the group contacted about70 percent of the residents and landlords in the area, and theywere all against the ordinance.
Betty Buck, Eldon Buck's wife, said there are some parkingproblems but that the ordinances were too far reaching. Shementioned that instead of creating permit parking on Carson Street,the city could limit it to one side of the street.
"They didn't consider the families and people who live there,"Betty Buck said of the city.
Karnes said several residents expressed concerned about havingto get guest passes for when their children came to visit.
Katie Carlson, Student Government Association at-large senator,said the ordinances would discriminate students, and she felt thecity council tabled the ordinances in the hopes of the oppositionlessening.
"They're trying to push it back and hope students forget,"Carlson said.
Canan said he was surprised at the number of people against theordinances because no one has spoke out against it before.
"I'm reacting to complaints I've heard," Canan said.
The next step is to address the concerns of the residents, Canansaid. He does not consider the issue a high priority, he said, sohe did not mind taking another month or two to work through theproblems with the ordinances.
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