City government run by liberals is such a wonder to behold. First, it was a ban on garbage disposals. Now, it?s a ban on front yard parking. As the N&O reports here, our esteemed Councilman Crowder wants to prohibit property owners from parking multiple cars on their front lawns.
I reviewed the proposed ordinance and it does not ban parking in your lawn. It only regulates the size of ?vehicular surface areas.? Under the proposed ordinance, a front yard may have a maximum of 330 square feet or 40 percent of the front yard whichever is less for a ?vehicular surface area,? an area for about two cars.
Once you are in compliance with the ordinance, you can park your two cars on the required “vehicular surface area” and your other 4 or 5 cars on the lawn.
Don?t get me wrong. I think parking in the front yard is an eyesore, but neighbors should be encouraged to work out these problems without passing another law. Why not encourage those who want to park in the front yard to put up a landscape barrier or as one guy on Wake Forest Road has done, put up a woodpile to block the view of the front yard.
