More local government over-reach, intrusion and fines. A call your councilman alert is needed to protect residents from this absurd law.

[Franklin W.]

The City Council wants to take away residents right to chose the way they park their vehicle on their own property.

New City council bill assumes residents are breaking laws if they chose to back their vehicle into their driveways. They assume there can be NO other reason to back into your driveway except to hide not having a tag on your car.

This is in addition to the City becoming a city wide Neighborhood "Gestapo" Association making rules and regulations to make you conform to the way they want your property to be.  This is all in the name of removing blight from the city. 

A blighted area is NOT a vehicle backed into a driveway.  

Expect more of this as City Council seeks new ways to suck money from residents to pay for Police & Fire pension fiasco.  These new fines and fees will be in addition to any other new taxes dedicated for P&F pension payoff.

The American people are drowning in laws, being suffocated by laws.  Laws from Federal government, State government, Local government, rules and regulations from hundreds of government Agencies and Authorities.  

I for one am sick of government breathing down my neck in everything I do and making life as miserable as they possibly can.

Backing into your own driveway could cost you under proposed bill before Jacksonville Council

• By David Bauerlein Wed, Jun 24, 2015 @ 9:35 pm |

 

For those who prefer to back vehicles into their driveways, a proposal pending before City Council would make it illegal to park their cars that way unless their license plate information is clearly visible from the street.

The proposed bill is aimed at cracking down on the visual blight that occurs when vehicle owners store cars that don’t work on their property.

Proponents say it’s needed because city code enforcement inspectors face problems cracking down on abandoned vehicles because they need to get the license plate information in order to write a citation. If they cannot see the tags from the street because the car is backed in, they cannot go onto private property to get a closer look at the front of the vehicle.

The bill filed by City Councilman Warren Jones says that if a vehicle’s tag isn’t visible from the street, the owner must write down that information with 2-inch tall letters and post it in a location that inspectors can easily see from the street.

The bill also says that if an owner puts a cover over the vehicle, the license tag must either be visible or the tag information must be posted.

The bill also would crack down on the outdoor storage of disabled refrigerators and freezers along with “equipment, furnishings, furniture, appliances, construction materials or any other items which are not designed to be used outdoors.”

The bill number is 2015-377.

[Franklin W.]

This bill has been sent back to committee.   It will be back with changes even though the sponsor of the bill Warren Jones will be leaving the Council on July 30th.   Term limits are a GOOD thing.