No Parking for Residents During Ball Games

Little League season has started in many municipalities in our region; it will hit Lansdale on April 14.

If you live on Moyer Road, then you are subject to having two popular baseball fields in your backyard.

These are baseball fields with parking, albeit some would consider the number of spots meager.

It's only a matter of time before the parking spills out onto Moyer Road and into neighboring roadways.

Michelle Sands, of the 800 block of Wedgewood Drive, is one resdient who has seen an increase in the decrease of parking spots on the street.

She said the fields become very overpopulated from 7 a.m. to noon.

"Resident parking is taken because people have no knowledge of where they can park," she said. "The parking lots are not sufficient."

She said some of the drivers comply when asked to find parking elsewhere. 

"We ask them if they are aware of where parking is," Sands said. "This affects residents living there."

She said traffic jams are "getting ridiculous."

Sjhe said attitudes between drivers and residents "has gotten worse over the past couple of years and will continue to do so."

Councilwoman Mary Fuller, who runs the town hall sessions with Lansdale Business Association president Doug DiPasquale, said the borough had recently received a grant for wayfinding signs, and was unsure whether signs would be marked for notification of parking lots.

The difficulty, Fuller said, is is jointly owned by Lansdale and Hatfield, which means it's also governed by two municipalities.

Lansdale Police are aware of the issues of parking and how it affects residents, Sands said.

"The police try to keep on top of that as well," she said.

Sands said she and her neighbors try to be considerate of one another.

"We do our best as neighbors to look out for one another," Sands said.

Sands said the neighbors try to be polite with people parking where residents park, but by the end of Saturday "polite is hard to do."

Fuller said the borough cannot regulate who does or does not park on the street.

Fuller suggested the issue should be posed to Lansdale Little League itself.

"With a group like Lansdale Little League, we can offer suggestions of how to better fit cars in the lot. We can look at the cars and ask them to better manage the parking," Fuller said.

She said there is supposed to be better communication with the resident and the field user.

Fuller said it is something she would take back to borough staff. 

The Lansdale town hall sessions occur every fourth Tuesday at 7 p.m. at . The sessions are informal and casual.