May 3, 2019 1 min read

Waynesburg borough council decided Wednesday to temporarily stop chalking tires as a means of parking enforcement.

The decision came after a federal court ruling in Michigan last week that deemed the marking of tires as unconstitutional. Waynesburg used chalk to mark the tires parked on streets with a two-hour free parking limit. If the chalk was still on the tire after two hours, a $20 ticket was written for that driver.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals – which covers Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee – ruled that marking the tires is unconstitutional, calling it a warrantless search of property, according to the Associated Press.

Waynesburg Councilman Mark Fischer made a motion after an executive session meeting Wednesday for the borough police department to use photos in documenting any parking violations, “until the question of the chalking has been resolved by our attorney,” the motion stated. The borough decided to use a camera to take pictures of parking violations.

In 2018, parking tickets brought in about $33,579.74 in revenue for the borough, which did away with parking meters years ago.