The 234 Apartment

PAULDING – Changing a one-way alley in the village was the major topic of discussion at the Paulding Village Council meeting on Monday. Councilwoman Barb Rife said that during a recent street committee meeting , Richard Kipp of Branch Christian Fellowship Church asked to change the one-way alley on the northside of his property. The alley currently allows traffic to go east to west, and he wants it to go west to east to accommodate handicapped visitors to the church. A new elevator was installed at the church and visitors must use the alley entrance to access the church that way. Kipp said that the current traffic flow makes it difficult for those with handicaps to exit vehicles. The committee did a walk-through of the alley and found there is one apartment, which uses the alley. To change the alley’s traffic flow the other direction would make it difficult for the resident to turn into the garage. “The committee felt that we should allow the alley to be both dir...