PIERCE TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Pierce Township trustees have given the township new authority to mark off no-parking and no-stopping zones on public rights-of-way and township-owned property, with violators subject to towing and a minor misdemeanor charge under a resolution adopted July 22.
The Board of Trustees approved Resolution No. 2026-004 in a public meeting, citing Ohio Revised Code 505.17, which empowers townships to regulate vehicle parking within their unincorporated territory, according to the resolution. That authority extends to established roadways near buildings on private property as well as land owned by the township, the document states.
Under the resolution, the township will designate no-stopping and no-parking zones and mark them with traffic control signage. Stopping, standing or parking a vehicle in a marked zone will be prohibited, according to the resolution.
Trustees authorized the township or its designated agent to have vehicles parked in violation of the new rules towed and impounded, following the Pierce Township Police Department’s standard towing and impoundment procedures. Neither the township nor its designated agent will be responsible for damage or injury to a vehicle towed or impounded under the resolution, the document states. Tow fees collected will go into the township’s general fund.
A violation of the parking regulations is classified as a minor misdemeanor under the resolution.
Trustee Allen M. Freeman made the motion to adopt the resolution, and Trustee Nicholas J. Kelly seconded it. A roll call vote showed both in favor; Trustee Joe Sheppard was excused from the meeting, according to the document. The board also voted to waive the requirement that the resolution be read at two separate meetings, allowing it to take effect on the earliest date allowed by law.
Pierce Township, in the southwestern corner of Clermont County along the Ohio River, is home to more than 16,000 residents across 23.5 square miles, according to the township. It is governed by a three-member Board of Trustees and a fiscal officer, each elected to staggered four-year terms, and operates its own full-time police department.
The information contained in this story was obtained from Pierce Township.