Florida City Council Considers Bill That Would Tell Residents How to Park in Their Own Driveways

The Blaze ^ | Jun. 26, 2015 1:55pm | Jon Street

[Cowman]

If the ordinance is passed, homeowners who do not comply could face fines of up to $50

That's why they want this. The vehicles are on private property leave them alone.

[867V309]

They want to do this so they can scan the plate numbers.

[plain talk]

this sounds like something New Jersey would pass

[rey]

In the 80s I had a cop wake me up at 5 in the morning to give me a ticket for parking my pick up in my parents’ backyard it being illegal to park a truck on the street. He took a traffic citation and scratched out traffic and wrote zoning. As he was writing out the ticket he asked if I had anything to say? I asked if this is what he imagined doing the first day of the police academy. He was not pleased.

[doc1019]

I live in an association controlled environment. Like the government, once they get control you have no control over your property.

[867V309]

Fact: Jury duty at the courthouse

Free parking at garage. $45 fine if you back in.

Potential juror asks why.

"So we can scan your plates."

[Paladin2]

He was just serving you.

[Crim]

Bingo....we have a winner.

[upchuck]

License plate scanners.

Reason number 72 why I’ll never live where there is a homeowners assoc.

[The Antiyuppie]

And then they wonder why people don’t love and respect them. The nerve, considering that they risk their lives every day...

[Leaning Right]

The vehicles are on private property leave them alone.

Private property, what an outdated concept. This is the 21st century. You have a driveway only because the various governments above you choose to allow you to have a driveway.

That would have shocked anyone from the year 1900. But as I noted, this is the 21st century. Just be happy the Supreme Court hasn't outlawed the whole private property concept (yet).

[Cementjungle]

What happens if you have a garage? Do you have to leave the door open?

[pepsionice]

I wonder what they’d say if I pull into my driveway the way they want and then put a cover over my car? Or perhaps I put an obstruction in front of the plate?

I would say this....if you have enough cops in your district to just drive around and do plate searches....you have too many cops. Fire ten-percent and see if that makes a difference.

[Califreak]

LOL!

Whoever dreamed up that abomination just went “Doh!”

[Secret Agent Man]

Exactly.

[Secret Agent Man]

LEOs are not Peace Officers.

That is why.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Supporters say the ordinance is needed in order for officers to issue citations for abandoned vehicles, the Florida Times-Union reported."

The officers can get their flabby butts out of their cars, walk to the front of the vehicles, and write the citations.

[a fool in paradise]

[PA Engineer]

What happens if you have a garage? Do you have to leave the door open?

I was thinking the same thing. Would you have to put a little window at plate height for the gestapo? Would there be exemptions for trans garages? The rot starts at the bottom.

[Cowman]

(((What happens if you have a garage? Do you have to leave the door open?)))

I was wondering about that myself.

What if you have a security fence with a gate? Do you need to leave the gate open at all times therefore making the fence useless?

What if you have a storage trailer? Do you need to Insure and register it even if you have the wheels removed?

Up here in the frozen North we have winter cars that you take off the road for 6 months while you drive your summer car. Do you need to maintain the registration and insurance for the time you are not using either car?