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The intersection of Adams and New Streets in Duryea Borough. The borough is weighing its options on how to eleviate the parking situation there.

Adams Street intersects with New Street in Duryea Borough. The borough is weighing its options on how to eleviate the parking situation there.

DURYEA — Council struck down an ordinance that would ban parking at the intersections of New and Adams streets and New and Green streets at a meeting on March 10.

Louis Hanczyc and Audrey Marcinko voted in favor of the ordinance. Audrey Yager, Al Akulonis, Ed Ameika, Michael McGlynn and Jim Balchune voted against the ordinance.

Council members discussed the situation streets, which are frequented by garbage trucks and other street department vehicles on a regular basis. Cars began parking too close to the corners for larger trucks to make the swing. The road is almost too narrow for trucks to pass through when cars are parked on each side of the street.

Both Adams and Green streets are hills that come down into New Street from Foote Avenue. Vehicles traveling down those two streets are struggling to make the turns, Duryea Mayor Keith Moss said.

McGlynn asked why the borough even needed to make an ordinance. Pennsylvania law states that driveways must be at least 25 feet from the street corner, he said. He is concerned that, if this ordinance passed, other streets would need ordinances, as well.

“Most borough streets are narrow,” McGlynn said. “That’s anywhere. I’m sure the fire department has problems making turns on other streets throughout the town. Where are we going to stop?”

At a previous council meeting, Chief of Police Nicholas Lohman brought up the possibility of putting “No parking from here to corner” signs at those two locationsg.

“If you want us to, we can enforce this on every street in the borough,” Lohman said. “Then you would have 500 to 600 people in here paying parking tickets. I recommend putting up the signs.”

With the motion not passing at Tuesday’s meeting, the possibility of the signs and other options will be discussed again at a future council meeting.

“I think the reason why they want to do this is because of the trucks coming down Adams and Green streets,” Moss said. “If they don’t do an ordinance and a car gets hit, then what happens?”

In other business:

• The board will apply for a grant for the Phoenix Performance Arts Theatre in conjunction with state Rep. Matt Cartwright’s office.

• Borough Civil Service Officer Leonard Ameika was approved to attend the 2015 Police Civil Service Training Workshop in April at a cost of $125 for the borough.

• The borough is currently in the process of switching cell phone providers. Once final numbers are approved, the borough, which currently uses Verizon, will vote on a switch to Sprint at a following meeting. Also, “Field Force,” Verizon GPS Locator technology, will be terminated on phones in the street department.

• Council directed the solicitor to draft an ordinance regarding handicapped parking signs. The ordinance will supersede any other handicapped parking ordinances.

• Council voted to get quotes for the demolition of the structure at 303 Main St. The building, which is now owned by the borough, will be torn down and turned into parking space for the borough building.

• A motion was passed to place a stop sign on the corner of Marcy and Main streets.

The next meeting of Duryea Borough Council will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14 at the borough building.