By Patricia Lee, Founder
In our Destinites local Facebook group (www.Facebook.com/groups/Destinites), there was discussion about code compliance taking place in neighborhoods. A member wrote: “Has anyone else noticed Code Compliance starting to enforce rules that literally everyone is breaking? I live in a neighborhood off Azalea, and I see them giving warnings to cars parked on the curb. I think literally over half the houses in my neighborhood have a car parked on the curb. I’ve been here five years and they have never bothered me — now they want to suddenly start writing tickets for it. Anyone with eyes can see it’s not feasible for everyone to have all their cars parked in the driveway.” Here are just some of the group member responses to the Code Compliance post:
- They literally allow it in my neighborhood after I got a warning for the same thing. No consistency.
- I wonder if it could be due to all the utility work that’s been going on lately? Maybe they complained that they couldn’t access the parkway. Who knows.
- They do this every couple of years. They go around for a day or two issuing warnings, and then all goes back to normal for a couple years.
- Wish they would come to Crystal Beach and give tickets for garbage cans at the street for a week!
- Somebody in your neighborhood complained. Code Compliance isn’t proactive right now; they’re reactive, which means they’re complaint-driven, so somebody complained about cars parked over sidewalks and whatnot.
- I didn’t think they had enough people left in Code to be able to have anyone write warnings. That department has a revolving door and can’t seem to stay staffed. Thankless job for sure.
- Lol, that’s why he passed my house like five times today, because me or my daughter park between the road and sidewalk. But there is still room to walk by on the sidewalk, and the vehicle is not on the white line. If they are going to give tickets, they can start cutting the grass.
- I live in the same area. Parking is a mess. The issue is that so many people have multiple cars and refuse to use their garage, so they park on the street. If one or two people do it, no big deal; however, so many people do it where I am that trash trucks can’t even get down the street at times. Cars driving the road can’t pass each other, and it is becoming a safety issue. Watching some of these bigger trucks trying to get down the street — and then back up because they can’t turn around — makes me wonder how those drivers don’t lose their patience every day.
- Husband just got a ticket today, and he was servicing a yard — landscaping truck/trailer. Pretty ridiculous.
- Clean out your garage. I’m sure there is room for two cars there. Problem solved. Then emergency vehicles can get in and through.
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