Macclesfield Borough Council last week agreed that a scheme was needed for Gaskell Avenue.
But their colleagues in Cheshire are the ones with the power - once they have sought Government permission to take control of policing the street.
"The highways committee agreed that resident parking and decriminalisation of on-street parking go hand in hand," said a borough council spokesman yesterday (Tuesday).
"The borough council will be pushing Cheshire to apply for permission from the Government. Once that is achieved we can look again at resident parking schemes."
But residents in Gaskell Avenue, who have to battle with workers and shoppers for a parking spot outside their homes, say it is just not good enough.
"It seems to me that Macclesfield are just not doing enough because it's too much effort," said John Harrison.
"These houses are protected buildings and we keep them looking nice so the council should want to help us.
"If nothing is done soon we may have to take the railings down and park our cars on the pavement outside our houses."
Last week residents in other busy streets close to the town centre asked why resident-only parking schemes could not be introduced in their roads too.
"The problem is that workers don't want to pay to leave their cars in a car park so they just put them in front of someone's house," said Major Maurice Cass, who lives in Queen Street.
"I don't blame them for that as long as their cars aren't in front my home."
A neighbour blamed expensive car parking in the town and said it was workers who needed help - not the residents.
"Perhaps workers could have a permit to allow them to park in the car parks for free or at least at a cheaper rate," said Philip Lindaui, 52, of Queen Street.
"That way they would be more likely to use the car parks instead of residential streets which could solve everyone's problems."
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