Go Around Rosemont Gates, Risk a Ticket
Fairlawn City Council passes new law aimed at short-cutting motorists
Fairlawn City Council gave police the go-ahead Monday to start citing drivers who go around or through the gates at Rosemont Boulevard. Council added a section to the city's traffic code that specifically addresses motorists who go through a gated road or slip around the barriers. "We've never blocked off streets in the past, so we didn't have any tools for the police to enforce it," Council President Russ Sharnsky said. For now, the new law will apply to the gates on Rosemont, but could eventually also be used to enforce barriers at Rothrock Road, if the judge rules in Fairlawn's favor in an ongoing court battle. Mayor William Roth has said people have already tried to drive around the concrete barricades and gates at Rosemont Boulevard…
In this Article:
Wilson Miller
1:53 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
As someone that only visits your area once a year, I find it amazing that first of all, the judge in this case has still not rendered a verdict. I know the Ohio elections are over and I do not know if this judge was reelected or not. I have read where Walmart has completed the purchase of the land on Rothrock and I will be interested to see if anything has happened when we are up there this … more ›