Tuesday, August 31, 1999
A tradition folds at Harvest Home Parade
BY ANGELA T. KOENIG
Enquirer Contributor
CHEVIOT — Safety has won out over civic pride. The city is placing a limit on when people may place chairs along the route of the annual Harvest Home Parade.
The seats — lawn chairs, folding chairs, even strollers — start popping up several days before the parade, held the Thursday after Labor Day each year.
After complaints from businesses and a couple of mishaps, officials have decided residents can claim a spot on the parade route, Harrison Avenue and North Bend Road, no more than 24 hours in advance.
“We're asking for voluntary compliance,” Mayor J. Michael Laumann said.
Last year a UPS delivery person was injured after tripping over a row of chairs that were roped together — the common means of ensuring early-bird chairs aren't stolen or moved. That same year, a group of chairs, caught by a delivery truck, went sailing down the street.
The chairs also impede patrons from gaining access to businesses.
Safety-Service Director Steve Neal said maintenance department workers would be scanning the parade route two or three times a day to look for errant chairs. Any chairs found before 6 p.m. Sept. 8 will be moved off to the side of the right of way.
“It's a fun thing, but we also have to keep safety in mind,” he said.
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