A temporary parking spot for book deliveries to the Langley Library is becoming an issue for the city and Sno-Isle.

The library is part of the Sno-Isle Library System, and has no dedicated parking spots. A persistent problem has been the need to enforce a load/unload spot out front, which at times gets used for regular parking. When that happens, the library delivery driver has parked the large truck elsewhere, taking up a couple of spaces.

The headache came to a head recently, said library manager Vicki Welfare at the Nov. 2 city council meeting. A Langley police officer confronted the driver.

“Unfortunately, the driver made a bad choice and we had to take action,” Police Chief Dave Marks said.

He was asked to move.

Welfare and some council members asked if it was possible to block off the load/unload spot during a two-hour window for the book deliveries. Marks OK’d the request; the police department has ticketed drivers, and even towed one car, for parking in the load zone.