AUBURN - The city council will review updating a vehicle and traffic ordinance in the latest effort to cut back on traffic violations.
The Auburn City Council will consider passing a measure making it illegal to park vehicles with no registration on roads within the city. Currently, there's no law in the city code prohibiting this practice.
“Parking on the public streets in Auburn may cause these vehicles to be moved or operated, all of which would be against the public interest,” Corporation Counsel John Rossi stated.
If the council approves the amendments, the Auburn Police Department would then have the authority to remove vehicles and store them at the owners' expense. The vehicle owner has to pay the storage and towing fees in order to get it back.
If the car is not registered, has a suspended registration or revoked paperwork, vehicles could not remain on any Auburn street.
The city received a mobile license plate reader that can help the Auburn Police Department with this task.
In other business:
- City manager Mark Palesh presented a resolution for the council to review opposing a proposed permit to increase phosphorus discharge into Owasco Lake. The state Department of Environmental Conservation would increase the permitted amount of the chemical the state Sewage Treatment Plant in Groton could release into the inlet and lake.
Once the Groton plant expands, DEC officials considered allowing the discharge number to increase from two pounds to four pounds of phosphorus.
The plant currently filters about 350,000 gallons of waste a day but needs to increase its filtering to about 500,000 gallons.
- The city council will decide whether to transfer 28 Bradley St. to the Auburn Industrial Development Authority for $2,500. The property would be combined with another lot.
- The council will vote whether to move the Thursday meeting at 6 p.m. from Thursday, Nov. 22, to Tuesday, Nov. 20, because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Staff writer Jessica Soule can be reached at 253-5311, ext. 267 or jessica.soule@lee.net
“Parking on the public streets in Auburn may cause these vehicles to be moved or operated, all of which would be against the public interest,” Corporation Counsel John Rossi stated.
If the council approves the amendments, the Auburn Police Department would then have the authority to remove vehicles and store them at the owners' expense. The vehicle owner has to pay the storage and towing fees in order to get it back.
If the car is not registered, has a suspended registration or revoked paperwork, vehicles could not remain on any Auburn street.
The city received a mobile license plate reader that can help the Auburn Police Department with this task.
In other business:
- City manager Mark Palesh presented a resolution for the council to review opposing a proposed permit to increase phosphorus discharge into Owasco Lake. The state Department of Environmental Conservation would increase the permitted amount of the chemical the state Sewage Treatment Plant in Groton could release into the inlet and lake.
Once the Groton plant expands, DEC officials considered allowing the discharge number to increase from two pounds to four pounds of phosphorus.
The plant currently filters about 350,000 gallons of waste a day but needs to increase its filtering to about 500,000 gallons.
- The city council will decide whether to transfer 28 Bradley St. to the Auburn Industrial Development Authority for $2,500. The property would be combined with another lot.
- The council will vote whether to move the Thursday meeting at 6 p.m. from Thursday, Nov. 22, to Tuesday, Nov. 20, because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Staff writer Jessica Soule can be reached at 253-5311, ext. 267 or jessica.soule@lee.net
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