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Town adjusting parking ordinance

Moorcroft has had to crack down in recent years on citizens who do not observe the municipal laws on long term parking on public streets and alleys.

After facing a related problem regarding drivers leaving their vehicles blocking access to private and business drives, Moorcroft Chief of Police Bill Briant noted, “In researching the ordinance, we found that we didn’t have anything to cover that, so we just put that [sentence]in to allow us enforcement if we had to. It is 12-3-01, subsection e – ‘It shall be unlawful for any person to park, leave, place or let stand on any public highway, street...