Committee rejects parking restrictions

The Havre City Council's Streets and Sidewalks Committee on Monday night denied the request of a local businessman to impose 30-minute parking south of the Hill County Courthouse.

Instead, the committee said that business owners upset by noncustomers using parking spots reserved for customers will have to post and enforce their own lots.

In a letter last month to Havre Mayor Bob Rice, Havre Montana Realty owner LeRoy Wenz requested the change for Fourth Street between Third and Fourth avenues. He said people doing business in the courthouse had been parking in the lot shared by Havre Montana R...