Additional streets in the State College Borough will soon be off-limits for overnight parking.

Last night, the State College Borough Council voted unanimously to place signs on South Allen Street from Whitehall Road to Waypoint Circle and the 100 blocks of East and West Marylyn Avenue to enforce an existing ordinance.

"The borough has an ordinance stating that all streets are off-limits for parking between the hours of 2 a.m. to 6 a.m.," said Mark Whitfield, director of public works. However, the ordinance is only enforced on streets where the borough has placed signs to inform motorists of the policy.

Usually, the borough enforces this ordinance at the request of citizens, Whitfield said. The Borough Council's vote was in response to a petition circulated by residents asking for action, he added.

"A number of people have found these streets a place to store vehicles," Whitfield said.

These cars cause headaches for street clean-up crews, who remove leaves and plow snow, Borough Council member Elizabeth Goreham said. Enforcement of the ordinance that is already in place will help alleviate problems, she added.

But, there are exceptions to the rule.

The borough does not enforce this parking limitation on home football weekends, graduation weekends and during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Borough Council member Tom Daubert said.

While most streets already have signs notifying people of the rule, a few streets are still unmarked and therefore open for overnight public parking.

Daubert supported the addition of the signs, but said he was concerned about the absence of signs on adjacent streets. There is nothing to prevent motorists from simply parking their cars for extended periods of time on streets where the ordinance is not enforced.

Whitfield said he believes with time, parking will not be allowed between the posted overnight hours on all borough streets.