EVANS CITY — A Pattison Street homeowner wants No Parking signs posted along an alley that borders his property, but the police chief said discussions on the alley are ongoing.

Dennis Anderson told the borough council July 1 that he has made landscaping improvements at his home, which stretches from Pattison Street to Stokey Alley, but people visiting the nearby Evans City Elementary and Middle School and its ball fields tear up what he had done.

Anderson said the ordinance states that no parking is allowed on Stokey Alley so he wants the signs installed.

Stokey Alley is next to the school and ends at a bend onto Pattison Street on its south end and Route 68 on its north.

Anderson said the school and ball field vehicle that park along Stokey Alley disturb the stone he has added to the rear of his property, which borders Stokey Alley.

He said he has asked public works director Norm Nelson to put up signs that prohibit parking in the alley, but none have appeared.

Nelson said when the alley was paved last year by the Seneca Valley School District, the school requested a sign and one was installed near the building.

“But the rest of Stokey should be no parking, too,” Nelson said.

Police chief Joe McCombs said he is in discussions with Seneca Valley officials regarding what is to be done with the alley.

McCombs said the alley will likely be reconfigured in a way that is agreeable to both the district and the borough. He expects the district to request temporary parking on the north end of the alley for those dropping off or picking up students.

“There’s lots of old ordinances in town that are not conducive to the neighborhoods anymore,” McCombs told Anderson. “The ordinances were written when there were not so many cars.”

Council vice president Lee Dyer asked Anderson to give the council a few weeks to work on the issue.

“No parking signs will be installed where they should be,” Dyer said.