Mayfield revs up ATV patrols

Cecilia Baress

Mayfield police plan to keep a closer eye on all-terrain vehicles after tire tracks were found at the borough's new athletic complex.

"I'll be increasing patrols in that area, of course," said Police Chief Joseph Perechinsky.

The tracks were found in the complex's gravel parking lot and not on the baseball field, he said.

At Wednesday's council meeting, Councilman George Pittsman, the complex project manager, who found the tracks, requested more patrols.

Members of the Mayfield Athletic Club have installed a construction fence around the field to keep people away. President Paul Forbes said he does not care if riders pass through the parking lot as long as they maintain a safe speed and keep off the field.

"It has always been a concern," he said. "Somebody took a ride across it right after we put in the grass."

Chief Perechinsky said he uses discretion when enforcing the borough's ATV ordinance because a lot of borough residents own ATVs and use them for plowing snow.

"If they're not driving like maniacs, we kind of let them go," he said.

Any destructive riders will be cited, he said.

"And that doesn't just mean the baseball field - that means anywhere," he said.

Volunteers have made progress on the field - a project five years in the making - over the past two years, moving dirt and reseeding a portion of 19 acres next to the Casey Highway and on the outskirts of the Mayfield Heights Development.

Officials expect the field will be playable by spring. There also are plans to install playground equipment on the complex site.

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Source: http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/mayfield-revs-up-atv-patrols-1.502685

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