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DeWitt County Board Discusses Dealing With Illegal Parking at Clinton Lake

When Clinton Lake is at its busiest, parking violations are abundant.

 

It's an issue that was taken up by the DeWit County Board last Thursday night at its regular monthly meeting. Clinton Lake Marina Chairman Dan Matthews says the County needs to put something in place to deter that kind of activity.

 

 

DeWitt County Sheriff Mike Walker suggested any violators be towed. He does not want to see his limited resources, particularly manpower that is continuously fluctuating in numbers, be the parking police at the lake.

 

 

According to the Sheriff, when they encounter a parking violation in town, they can run a license plate, contact the owner of the vehicle and get voluntary compliance. At the Lake, you run into the situation of a person on the water who cannot or won't be back to their vehicle for some time.

 

 

Matthes stressed this is not a revenue-generating measure for the county, they simply want parking compliance for the safety of everyone at the lake. DNR has recently discussed the lack of compliance in regards to parking at the campground of the lake and the dangers it has presented in recent years. 

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