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Plant City May Limit Parking During Motorcycle, Car Shows

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By GEORGE WILKENS | The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 3, 2009

PLANT CITY - Parking would be prohibited on portions of several downtown streets during monthly motorcycle and antique car shows under a law being considered by city commissioners.

Commissioners are to vote Monday on an ordinance that would regulate parking. A public hearing will be held during the commission's 7:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall, 302 W. Reynolds St.

Bike Fest, a motorcycle event, is held from 5 to 9 p.m. on the first Saturday monthly around Union Station Welcome Center, 102 N. Palmer St. The Strawberry Classic Car Show is from 4 to 9 p.m. on the third Saturday monthly in and around McCall Park at Collins and Drane streets. The events draw thousands of vehicles and spectators to downtown.

Parking on streets and in municipal lots near the shows interferes with the events, yet the city lacks an ordinance authorizing the towing of vehicles, City Manager David Sollenberger said.

Roads where parking would be prohibited between 3 and 10 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays are:

• Drane Street between Wheeler and Palmer streets.

• J. Arden Mays Boulevard between Wheeler and Palmer streets.

• Palmer Street between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Reynolds Street.

• Evers Street between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Reynolds Street.

• The north municipal parking lot southeast of Reynolds and Palmer streets.

• The south municipal parking lot northeast of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Palmer Street.

• The municipal parking lot south of Drane Street, west of Evers Street, north of the CSX railroad tracks and east of Wheeler Street.

Reporter George Wilkens can be reached at (813) 865-4433.

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