Scio facing RV street parking conundrum

BY JD LONG (jim@harrisonnewsherald.com)

SCIO—At last Wednesday’s meeting, council member Andrew Turner explained that complaints had been received because of people staying in RVs during the recent street festival. It was also revealed that some people living in the RVs during the weeklong event were in charge of entertainment. However, an ordinance forbids individuals from doing this within village limits. One council suggestion was to wait and deal with the issue next year, but Turner hoped that ongoing talks would remedy the situation.

Village solicitor Jack Felgenhauer also suggested that event organizers should “police such matters” with RV parking. He — and others — questioned whether it was worth it, though, since it would only be for a four-day event. Felgenhauer added that nothing currently in the village’s ordinance would allow the towing of an RV — but they could cite people with an infraction.

“So, whatever you would do wouldn’t actually stop it. Just give them a citation for doing it,” Felgenhauer explained. Council member Erin Thompson pointed out that the people would have to be notified before the village could start taking action. But for now, Felgenhauer said it would be good to notify organizers that some actions by their people have affected the event. “If you want to amend the ordinance for the street fair, that’s up to you,” he told the council.