Tim Birch, Wheeling’s assistant operations supervisor, left, speaks to Deputy Police Chief Martin Kimball and Wheeling Traffic Commission member Jeff Knierim during a recent meeting. Photo by Alex Meyer

WHEELING — Downtown Wheeling may see the addition of several new parking meters after the city’s Traffic Commission voted to remove three loading zones at its most recent meeting.

In a unanimous vote, the commission approved a request to remove commercial loading zones and replace them with one-hour parking meters at three sites on Main and Market streets. If approved by City Council, the parking changes would remove loading zones at the 1000 block of Market Street in front of Panda Chinese Kitchen and at the 1100 block in front of Chris Miller Furniture and add parking meters in their place. The changes would also shorten a loading zone in front of National Equipment Co. and DiCarlo’s Pizza on Main Street to add a parking meter.

Deputy Police Chief Martin Kimball said he requested the changes because the businesses by the sites don’t need commercial loading zones and people often park in them.

“Vehicles regularly violate that system,” he said.

Also at the meeting, the commission approved a request for a stop sign to be placed at the bottom of Euclid Avenue as it connects to McLain Avenue. The two residents who made the request said the intersection is confusing for drivers and potentially dangerous.

The commission also heard two traffic requests from Good Shepherd Nursing Home, which recently gained approval from the city’s Planning Commission to build a parking lot across from its facility on Edgington Lane. The requests included adding signage for a four-way stop and extending the fire lane on Edgington Lane.

However, nursing home Administrator Donald Kirsch ultimately withdrew the requests after discussing the matter with the commission. Tim Birch, Wheeling’s assistant operations supervisor, suggested Kirsch make the requests again once the parking lot is built so that commissioners could inspect the site.

In addition, the commission tabled two other requests, one to review traffic on West Washington Avenue and another to expand the time limit on parking meters in front of Sarah’s on Main, 2122 Main St.