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individual parking in front of a driveway that was not theirs. Police were asked to investigate the issue and enforce parking regulations. Until now, Seiple said, “we [police] were doing our job with discretion.” “Unless we got a complaint,” he continued, “we did not act on it,” he said, understanding that parking is difficult for residents of the street. “Old Forge Drive has always been an issue,” said Fire Chief Emilio DeNisi. “It is sad…but [it is] something you as a community need to communicate with each other.” He said it is important that residents work together
By JUSTIN SWEITZER Lehigh Township Supervisors passed a resolution to ban category 4 casinos from the township at their Nov. 28 meeting, a move that comes after the passage of amendment to the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act in October that expands gambling opportunities throughout Pennsylvania. The expansion allows for up to 10 category 4 casinos in the state of Pennsylvania, which are minicasinos that allow for anywhere from 300 to 750 slot machines, and eventually up to 40 table games, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The legislation also states that category 4 casinos cannot be located within 25 miles of a category 1, 2 or 3 casino. Lehigh Township’s move to ban category 4 casinos falls within a section of the legislation signed into law by Gov Tom. Wolf that allows Pennsylvania municipalities to prohibit them via resolution. “Each municipality shall have the option to prohibit the location of a category 4 licensed facility within the municipality by delivering a resolution of the municipality’s governing body to the board no later than Dec. 31, 2017,” the act reads. “No category 4 licensed facility may be located in a municipality which has exercised its option under this
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Bath residents complain of Parking tickets
By KERI LINDENMUTH Nearly a dozen residents of Old Forge Drive in Bath appeared before the Borough of Bath Council on Monday, December 4 to complain of parking tickets they have received from the Colonial Regional Police Department. These residents were ticketed for parking in front of their own driveways. They argued that the street does not allow for adequate parking. “There are households that are two car households [and] there is not enough parking,” said Simone McDonald, resident of Old Forge Drive. “We cannot even get a one-car family straight.” Council stressed that the regulations being enforced are part of the current code written by the
CRPD and not the new ordinance for permitted parking on Old Forge Drive, which is still being drafted. Residents, however, wanted an answer as to why the CRPD chose to enforce a code it had not previously and consistently been enforcing. For some residents who have called Old Forge Drive home for over decade, this has been their first parking ticket. “This is all coming out of the blue,” said McDonald. Mayor Fiorella Mirabito personally called CRPD Chief Roy Seiple, who later appeared at the meeting to address residents’ concerns and questions. Seiple explained that a citizen complaint was forwarded by the borough to the police department about an
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