Take a street with limited parking, add a rivalry between bail bondsmen, and the result could be a change in code enforcement that affects every business along Main Street in Downtown Warrenton.What seems to have started the issue is a noticeable vehicle, a van with a spike-collared, cartoon bulldog seeming ready to tear its way out the back window.Emblazoned on the side of the van is the name “Llew Kummer Bail Bonds” and a phone number.For people doing business on Main Street, or just passing through, it’s hard to miss the van because, as several have pointed out, it remains in the same parking space on Main Street for days at a time, including overnight.The Llew Kummer van’s constant presence on Main Street upset fellow bondsman Dan Jaspering, whose “Dan the Man” bail bonds office is across the street from the Warren County Courthouse.Jaspering complained to Warrenton officials that the van is violating downtown parking rules to serve as advertising more than an actual vehicle.“What’s to stop everybody that owns businesses on Main Street to park all their vehicles right in front of their business, with their advertising all over it?” he asked. “Then what happens to other patrons who want to park anywhere on Main Street?”Jaspering’s concern was brought to the Warrenton Board of Aldermen June 5. He asked for the city to enforce a largely ignored ordinance setting a two-hour limit on Main Street parking during normal business hours.To enforce or not to enforce. That was the question.“We need to readdress that ordinance. We’re not going to do two-hour parking,” said Mayor Eric Schleuter.Aldermen said they would take the matter into consideration for how best to resolve the issue. But, the next day, Warrenton Police Department visited businesses along Main Street to inform them officers would begin enforcing the two-hour parking rules.That plan was not popular with business owners, many of whom use street parking for their own vehicles, or have customers who stay for more than two hours.Complaints from businesses were so rapid that a follow-up letter was delivered just hours later. The second letter backtracked on enforcement and stated the board of aldermen would address parking concerns at an upcoming meeting.Besides the complaints, a time restriction on parking isn’t even enforceable without first posting signs notifying drivers of the rules, according to city ordinance.Handling parking on Main Street has been a concern for city leaders for a long time. Years ago, the city briefly installed parking meters, then later removed them. Aldermen expressed little desire to return to that system.At another time, two-hour parking was enforced by police officers marking tires with chalk. But that is a poor use of officers’ time, aldermen said.Warrenton officials have focused in recent years on acquiring and building public parking lots in the downtown area.“We have worked quite hard to make sure we’ve got adequate parking for the downtown district,” said Ward 1 Alderman Greg Costello.If the Llew Kummer vehicle just needs a place to park, it wouldn’t need to be left on Main Street, Costello said.Aldermen now are looking for a practical solution to parking on Main Street that would discourage leaving vehicles parked on the street for excessive periods of time.Downtown Warrenton