Canonsburg Council has been presented with a petition signed by 259 residents that want changes made to the borough’s parking ordinance. Calvin Griffin initiated the petition on Change.org to suggest parking lot and parking meter enforcement hours be changed to 8AM to 6PM Monday through Saturday. Eric Chandler, President of Canonsburg Council indicates that the current ordinance states that the hours that street meters are monitored are 8AM to 6PM. Parking lots are monitored 24 hours a day. Both are enforced 7 days a week. Chandler further states that this ordinance has been in effect since the early 1990’s. Residents recently became upset when enforcement officers were out ticketing cars when they were not used to seeing meter use being enforced. Mayor David Rhome says borough officials conducted a study by ticketing cars in parking lots when all surrounding businesses were closed. Evidence pointed to residents moving cars into vacant parking lots after enforcement officers ended their days so they could avoid paying for residential permit parking. This practice upset business owners who possibly lost business because the lots were full of cars but no one was in any of the establishments. Council is continuing to study the concerns of both residents and business owners.