City will consider ban on overnight street parking

The Lawrenceville City Council will hold a public hearing to discuss a proposed ordinance to prohibit overnight parking between the hours of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. in all public right-of-ways. The hearing will be held in conjunction with the next city council meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3 at City Hall, 70 S. Clayton St.

The proposed ordinance is in response to complaints to police of cars routinely parked on streets instead of in driveways. In addition to the prohibited hours, the proposed ordinance would prohibit parking in any intersection or crosswalk, or within 20 feet of any intersection or crosswalk, as well as “at any place where the vehicle would block the use of the driveway, at any place where the standing, stopping or parking of a vehicle will reduce the useable width of the roadway for moving traffic to less than 20 feet, and at any place in the area of Nash St. from Neal Boulevard to Clayton St. next to City Hall.”

Weekend road closures will challenge traffic

Roads in downtown Norcross will be closed from 4 a.m. Saturday until 8 p.m. Sunday to accommodate visitors to Norcross ArtSplash.

Closures, barricades and officers directing traffic will be located at Lawrenceville Street at Mitchell Road, Holcomb Bridge Road between Magnolia Street and West Peachtree Street, Park Drive at N. Peachtree Street, S. Peachtree Street at Carlyle Street, Thrasher Street at Autry Street, Britt Avenue at College Street, Wingo Street just past the driveway to the Cotton Gin, at the rear driveway of City Hall onto Wingo Street, Lawrenceville Street just past the City Hall driveway, Col. Jones Park driveway at Holcomb Bridge Road, Holcomb Bridge at Thrasher Street, at the gravel lot on S. Peachtree at Holcomb Bridge Road, and College Street at Holcomb Bridge Road and Bostic Street on both ends.

Holcomb Bridge will open at 6:30 p.m. Saturday and will close again at 10 a.m. Sunday. The Holcomb Bridge Road closure is between W. Peachtree Street and Magnolia Street.

Water and sewer bond receives “A” rating

According to the latest Standard and Poor’s Global rating, Braselton’s water and sewer revenue bonds received an ‘A’ longterm and underlying rating.

The objective of the rating agency is to assign a municipal bond a credit rating to make it faster for investors to evaluate risk. Although a “AAA” is the highest rating, the single-A rating represents strong creditworthiness.

Atlanta Koi & Goldfish Show. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 8, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 9. Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville. AtlantaKoiClub.org/2016-2.

Fair on the Square. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 15. Free. 185 W. Crogan St., Lawrenceville. Local artists, Kids Zone, dance contests for children and adults, crafters and food vendors. Lawrence villeFallFestival.com.