Wednesday, April 14, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Parking regulations set to tighten up
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
PHOTO PROVIDED
Dennis McGregor with his latest
children’s book.
Local author
creates new
children’s
book
Sisters artist and author
Dennis McGregor has fin-
ished the sequel to “You Stole
My Name,” a collection of
paintings and verses about
animals with shared names.
The new book, “You Stole
My Name Too,” features
plants with animal names.
Some of these combos, like
Gooseberry, Crab Apple and
Tiger Lily, are well-known.
Others are more remote
and may cause a bit of head
scratching. Not everyone is
familiar with the Hedgehog
Cactus or an Ostrich Fern. It’s
McGregor’s hope that chil-
dren and adults may google
a thing or two and discover
which verses are based on fact
and which are figments of his
imagination.
This new book features the
same look and feel as the first
book, which was sometimes
referred to as a “kid’s coffee-
table book” for its large size
and lush printing.
Over the past couple of
years Dennis enjoyed sharing
“You Stole My Name” with
community groups, book-
stores, art galleries, a super-
market, and even the local ath-
letic club, but mostly schools.
He soon found himself singing
the book and engaging kids
in a lively call and response.
He hopes to continue such
activities with the new book
in the not-too-distant future.
McGregor is pleased that
“You Stole My Name” sold
well in stores throughout the
area, particularly at Paulina
Springs Books. He expects
similar success with the new
book but concedes that it must
be printed first.
That’s where pre-sales
on Kickstarter come in. The
crowdfunding platform was
effective in bringing his first
two books to life. The entire
book, along with merchan-
dise like cards, T-shirts and
prints can be viewed at www.
kickstarter.com/projects/
dennismcgregorsbook/you-
stole-my-name-too starting
Wednesday, April 14.
In the early days of Sisters,
over 100 years ago, horses
were simply tied to hitching
posts in town to await their
riders. With the advent of the
automobile, parking spaces
along the street replaced the
hitching post.
As Sisters’ population,
both residential and tourist,
continues to grow, more City
regulation becomes necessary
to provide for the safe move-
ment of emergency vehicles
as well as to facilitate the safe
and efficient movement of
people, goods, and services
throughout the city.
At the Wednesday, April
14, 6:30 p.m. City Council
meeting, there will be a pub-
lic hearing and consideration
of an ordinance amending
Municipal Code chapters
10.10 and 10.20 regarding
City parking regulations.
Amendments and additions
to the current code deal with
parking restrictions and limi-
tations as well as regulations
concerning parking of recre-
ational and electric vehicles.
The ordinance identi-
fies a number of situations
or locations where vehicles
may not be parked at any
time, or where specific time
limits apply. A copy of the
proposed ordinance is avail-
able from Kerry Prosser,
City Recorder, at kprosser@
ci.sisters.or.us. The meeting
is accessible to the public via
Zoom. The public can request
to speak during visitors com-
munication by submitting a
name, address, and phone
number and the subject being
addressed to Prosser at the
same email. All communi-
cation and requests to speak
must be submitted by 4 p.m.
the day of the meeting.
Key points under consid-
eration include not stopping,
parking, or leaving any vehi-
cle — attended or not — in
any of a number of places
or circumstances, including
where parking is not permit-
ted by signage, pavement
markings, or painted curbs
and ramps. Blocking an alley,
except for a stop not exceed-
ing 30 consecutive minutes in
order to load or unload peo-
ple or materials, is prohibited.
No vehicle may be parked
on any public street, City
property, or City right-of-
way for more than seven
consecutive days or for more
than 24 hours in any City
parking lot. A disabled car,
unable to move under its own
power for any reason, must
be removed within 24 hours
from any street, City prop-
erty, or City right-of-way.
Any vehicles parked in an
area of any planned or ongo-
ing street construction or
maintenance work are subject
to towing and impoundment.
No parking is allowed in any
manner that blocks access
to a fire hydrant, pedestrian
access to a crosswalk or
pedestrian access ramp, or
that blocks a designated bus
stop.
Parking a vehicle on the
street, City right-of-way, or
City property to display it
for sale, or to display adver-
tising from the vehicle, or
to sell merchandise from the
vehicle, except as authorized
by the City, or for purposes
of repairing or servicing the
vehicle (unless necessitated
by an emergency) is not
permitted.
Vehicles parked where
they interfere with the safe
flow of traffic or create a
safety hazard by obstruct-
ing the view of other drivers,
may be towed. The same is
true for vehicles parked in a
way that obstructs or inter-
feres with the City’s snow
removal operations, which
includes being parked within
six feet of the paved surface,
obstructing snow storage.
New sections are included
having to do with recreational
vehicles, which includes “any
motorhome, vacation trailer,
camping trailer, camper, con-
version, and/or van capable
of movement on a roadway
which will afford a degree
of shelter for humans.” None
of these vehicles, includ-
ing boats and buses, may be
parked on any street or public
roadway continuously for
more than 24 hours.
Recreational vehicles may
not be left in any City right-
of-way or street to provide
overnight accommodation.
Such vehicles may not move
or repark within a block to
avoid the time limitation.
However, recreational vehi-
cles may be parked and used
for accommodation on the
public street or public right-
of-way for up to 72 hours
pursuant to a permit issued
by the City and paid for by
the applicant.
Electric vehicle charg-
ing stations are reserved for
charging electric vehicles
only. It is unlawful to park
an electric vehicle in a des-
ignated public charging sta-
tion space while the vehicle
is not charging or in viola-
tion of any prescribed time
limitations.
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