The process of removing snow always causes frustration in residential areas where on-street parking is the only option.

And that is currently the case in Lansford borough, which received more than 2 feet of snow over the weekend."It won't be quick enough for some people," council President Martin Ditsky said. "With the amount of snow we received, there is nowhere to put it."Borough officials say the size of the storm made it impossible for them to enforce their normal snow plowing ordinance.Snow removal is underway, overseen by borough council, but the process is moving too slow for many residents, and even the borough's mayor, who would like to see snow removed sooner."I think it was poor planning. There was no planning," said Mayor James Romankow.Snow removal operations are underway in the borough. Workers used a backhoe to clear Kline Street on Monday.But most of the borough's on-street parking spots, the only parking option for many residents, are still blocked with huge piles of snow.The ordinance restricts parking so borough workers can clear the streets from "curb to curb." Ditsky said that in past years, the process has involved issuing a large number of parking tickets.After the recent blizzard, Romankow, who as mayor is in charge of the police department, said he and police decided not to enforce the ordinance.Romankow said that residents would not have been able to move their cars to comply."I didn't feel it was fair that the residents of the town would get ticketed. It's nearly impossible to get snow removed by yourself," he said.Borough council, which controls the borough public works department, decided to try to remove as much snow as possible without the ordinance.Ditsky said the current plan calls for snow removal first along narrow streets like Kline, then the up- and downhill streets like Chestnut and Coal, and finally the wider avenues, like Ridge and Abbott.But they have limited manpower. Romankow said that other than two full-time workers, the borough relies on part-time drivers, and their pay rate is not competitive with other municipalities.Council talked about raising their pay rate as recently as their January meeting, but with the borough's depressed tax base, there is little money to go around.Ditsky said that the borough is trying to stick to the amount that they budgeted for snow removal, and said that any more money would have to come via a tax increase. But that won't affect the storm this year."We just need to get more people, and plan this better. I know a lot of the residents aren't happy." Romankow said.Borough workers got an assist from Mother Nature on Tuesday, with the morning rains decreasing the size of some of the snow piles."I told people a week. Some people say, 'I needed it gone yesterday,'" Ditsky said.