Parking could be limited in Plum Creek by Father’s Day

Last night the City Council passed on first reading two ordinances to prohibit parking on one side of the street in two different areas of Plum Creek. The first was on the north side of Wetzel between FM 150 and Mather and the second was on the residential side of the 1700 through 1900 blocks of Kirby and the 5100 and 5200 blocks of Hellman. Although the ordinances passed unanimously, council member Damon Fogley missed last night’s meeting, so the proposals will have to return for a second and final reading at the council’s next meeting in three weeks time, June 5.

So the obvious question is when will this new parking prohibition go into effect? Public Works Director Harper Wilder answered that question today.

"Whenever it is finalized by council, my Street Division Manager Scott Egbert will order the necessary signage," Wilder said. "Upon ordering, typically it takes up to a week to get the signs in. Once we receive the signs here at Public Works, we tend to put them up within a day or so."

So, according to my calculations, that puts the effective date right around Father’s Day.