One year ago, Jim Thorpe Borough Council allowed a Main Street resident to keep his parking spot following a disagreement with his neighbor, but on Thursday night, the governing body reversed course.

Council unanimously voted Thursday to advertise the same ordinance it shot down last April. The ordinance bans parking "in the area of 420 Main St., east for 175 feet."The issue came back before council after resident Al Lasky said a neighbor placed boulders in the borough right of way, though the neighbor contended the rocks were on her property.The boulders, Lasky contended, "violated his right to park in the spot," which is actually across the street from his residence.Lasky's neighbor asked for the area to be designated no parking last year because she couldn't see when pulling out of her driveway."Over a year ago, we tried to resolve the issue, but it appears that did not bear fruit, for lack of a better term," Council President Greg Strubinger said of Thursday's decision.Councilman Jay Miller said he was ready to put the issue behind the board once and for all."I want it to be clear I am voting for this to address this specific situation because I'm tired of hearing about it and it won't go away," Miller said. "I said last year this is a harassment issue and I still believe that. This has nothing to do with the parking issues around town. This has to do with this specific issue."When questioned Thursday night, Lasky, who owns his main residence in New Jersey, said he has a one-bay garage on his property, but keeps a 1958 vehicle in it.Jim Thorpe's Public Services Manager Vince Yaich said Main Street is tight in a lot of places when two vehicles are going by each other in opposite directions."The blacktop is only so wide," he said. "If the borough truck is going one way and a pickup is coming the other way, one or the other has to go off the blacktop to get by."The ordinance will be advertised with a final vote scheduled for next month.Mayor Michael Sofranko said a precedent had been set for council's decision."Residents came in from Fern Street and complained about parking and we told them work it out or we'll post it no parking," he said. "When council took that approach, they didn't come back. There are many places we have taken that approach. There are no alternatives here. You play by the rules or council has to step in."