Overtime parking at Orcas Village might cost $25 if the San Juan County Council decides to enforce the ten time-limit  parking signs (all different times) already installed near the ferry dock on Orcas Island.

At a May 22 County Council discussion, County Engineer Rachel Dietzman explained that the San Juan County Code must be amended before the signs are enforceable.

“Signs were installed based on need or requests from local businesses, but fines can’t be enforced until the county code is amended to specifically include the area in the ‘Vehicles and Traffic’ chapter,”  Dietzman said.

Right now, only county roads at Roche Harbor Resort and the Islandale Subdivision on Lopez have time-limit signs that are enforceable.

“We’re only responding to local concerns that some cars are parked for two or three days in parking zones designated for two or three hours,” Dietzman said. “We’re not being proactive unless a citizen or local business complains about the situation.”

The council has scheduled the matter for Public Hearing and possible action at the regularly-scheduled June 26 meeting.