The Warrenton Board of Aldermen has banned parking on Lakeview Drive east of Highway 47.A lengthy discussion of the ban at the board’s Dec. 20 meeting came down to a tiebreaker vote from Mayor Eric Schleuter, who voted yes.Opponents questioned why eliminating parking altogether is better than a partial restriction, but supporters said allowing any parking would be unsafe.“It has only gotten extremely busier since we’ve had additional growth making that street a thoroughfare,” said Alderman Karen Casserly, Ward 1. “It is not a safe road to be putting obstacles in the way of children and people going up and down that road.”Casserly cited an incident earlier in the day in which a boy rode his scooter into the street without looking. She said if there had been a parked car blocking the view, no one driving on the street would have seen him.As an alternative to a total ban, Alderman Scott Schulze, Ward 2, suggested limiting parking only at certain times, such as during school hours or holidays.“Who has to then monitor that?” Casserly asked. “What additional staff do we need to monitor and give out tickets to people who are parking when they shouldn’t be parking?”Police Chief Greg Houdyshell said enforcing a time-based parking ban would put a strain on manpower during those hours.Alderman Gary Auch, Ward 2, suggested that allowing parking on even one side of the relatively narrow street would make it difficult for fire trucks to navigate, to which Houdyshell agreed.In response to a separate comment about student drivers speeding on Lakeview and other roads in the area around Warrenton High School and Warrior Ridge Elementary, Houdyshell said the idea of adding double fine school enforcement zones has merit. He said streets like Lakeview, Worthington, Pinckney and Warrior Avenue would be worth monitoring.City Attorney Christopher Graville said such a policy would come at an initial cost to the public.“The problem with a school zone . . . is it only serves as a deterrent after people have been caught a certain amount of times and paid fines,” Graville said, although he said he supports school enforcement zones.Even before the Dec. 20 vote, a mix-up on the part of the city had already prevented parking on Lakeview. Although parking previously was only banned on one side of the street, city crews accidentally put the no parking signs on the wrong side of the street. They later added no parking signs to the correct side, creating the appearance parking was banned on both sides.Alderman John Miller, Ward 3, wondered whether it would be better to take the incorrect signs down.“What is wrong with what there is now, with parking on one side that it’s always been, and enforce a school zone?” Miller asked.Casserly replied that the sign mix-up has prevented problems, and taking the signs down to allow parking on one side of the street would create problems where there weren’t any before.The vote for the parking ban tied on a 3-3 vote. Casserly and Alderman Bob Delaloye, Ward 3, voted yes. Auch said he was voting yes based on the consideration of emergency vehicles.Miller, Schulze and Board of Aldermen President Mike Shilharvey, Ward 1, voted no.Mayor Schleuter broke the tie with a yes vote, saying he was concerned about the testimony from Houdyshell and that no resident had come to voice their opinion on the matter.“Unfortunately, I believe there is going to be some people who are not happy either way,” Schleuter said.School enforcement zones are not part of the ordinance passed Dec. 20. Board members could discuss that matter at the board’s planning meeting in January.No Parking