Parking in the yard (on surfaces that are not pavement nor gravel)
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Personally, there is no bigger peeve when driving through my neighborhood and seeing people park on their lawn. It looks like shit, and it makes everyone else look like shit.
It's their property. It's usually what it's associated with, not the car on the lawn itself.
Lawns are dumb. Let's outlaw lawns. Problem solved.
I'm conflicted. It definitely looks trashy, but I imagine there are some neighborhoods where it would be impractical to make it illegal.
It's a topic where I would need to hear arguments from both sides.
It's a topic where I would need to hear arguments from both sides.
My G.D. Kids. They think it’s okay to put their MF hunting trailer in the yard and leave it sit. Like 20’ enclosed trailer. Wtf.
I told him when he gets a yard of his own he can park what we he wants in it. But that shit won’t fly in mine.
He still thought he could pull it in on occasion so I pulled it in the street. He doesn’t move it for a couple days then the city tows it. Took twice of him paying for the tow and impound before he quit doing it.
I told him when he gets a yard of his own he can park what we he wants in it. But that shit won’t fly in mine.
He still thought he could pull it in on occasion so I pulled it in the street. He doesn’t move it for a couple days then the city tows it. Took twice of him paying for the tow and impound before he quit doing it.
I live in a crappy neighborhood. I have to park my work truck on the side of the driveway. There’s no other place for it.
I’d say at least 75% of the people here park in the grass. Many homes with 4-5 vehicles parked.
I’d say at least 75% of the people here park in the grass. Many homes with 4-5 vehicles parked.
Why would anyone care or have the right to say what someone else does with their property?
Of course they shouldn't be fined.
Of course they shouldn't be fined.
The town has a right, and even an obligation, to keep things looking attractive in order to support property values.
We had an officer stop by our house when we lived in Cedar Falls to tell us we couldn’t park on the lawn. We were having a birthday party for one of of kids and there was no on street parking, so we just had some family members park in the grass. That was the first time I heard about it. CSB
BC it looks like shit and tears the hell out of the yards.
The government has all kinds of rules of what we can and cannot do with our property, why would this be any different?
No, they don't. When they stop charging property taxes, then you can start over making your point.
It doesn't bother me. I prefer it to someone parking on the street in front of my house.
I don't see it much in my neighborhood. If it happens, it's usually related to a large party/function at the house. We have a lot of street parking available. Very rare, but it does happen.
The other time(s) I've seen it is with large families. You'll see 3 or 4 kids of driving age and occasionally a car will park (or partly park) on the lawn.....especially if they have friends over. Although there is street parking, never underestimate the laziness of a teen/young adult driver........they want the shortest walk to the house. The homeowners know that this situation isn't going to last long, as the kids eventually move out, so I get why they wouldn't want to spend the money to increase the driveway footprint of the property.
I don't see it much in my neighborhood. If it happens, it's usually related to a large party/function at the house. We have a lot of street parking available. Very rare, but it does happen.
The other time(s) I've seen it is with large families. You'll see 3 or 4 kids of driving age and occasionally a car will park (or partly park) on the lawn.....especially if they have friends over. Although there is street parking, never underestimate the laziness of a teen/young adult driver........they want the shortest walk to the house. The homeowners know that this situation isn't going to last long, as the kids eventually move out, so I get why they wouldn't want to spend the money to increase the driveway footprint of the property.
Partly. Personally, I don't want to be part of an HOA bc I don't feel like we really need to. I would say prob like 1 out of every 15 houses there is someone parked on their yard. There is one guy a couple blocks down that is running a body shop out of his front yard. He parks cars on his front yard and works on them, so not only is his yard trashed but that street is littered with broken down vehicles.
Typically I do not care what others do with their property, after all it's theirs. However, There are houses that are just straight mud all over their yard, tread tracks leading into the street, etc. It just looks really bad and makes the rest of us look really bad. Especially considering they have a driveway and on street parking.
Ya, fining them would be a huge burden financially. Especially if its a major through-way with no on street parking.
In my old neighborhood we had one of those car repairs at his house guys. That guy annoyed the shit out of me until he got arrested and locked away. He was also really bad at backing trailers up to his house and actually hit his house a few times. He would also block the road at times being really bad at backing up his trailer.
I think he was charged with molestation and meth charges which honestly is a bit of a parks cars in yard stereotype.
Just think how much water is wasted watering lawns. One would hope we can outlaw that before we outlaw parking on your own lawn.
prob hard to back your trailer up without knocking over the meth lab inside of it.
Personally, I think we should all live by that advice, openly listening to both sides! Great post Ray, it's like A Post of Dreams.
Depends on where it is. Wouldn't have been an issue for me growing up....3 acres at the end of a dirt road. No one would have seen or cared. In a residential neighborhood, though, na. Have some couth. Heck, we can't even park on the street in my community.
I hate the look of it and honestly despise it but it is their property and it's their right to be awful with it if they so choose.
OK, smart guy. Who owns the property? The city charges property taxes on the owner. If the city wants control over the property, then they can stop charging property taxes and become the de facto owner.
Are they always parked on the lawn or just a few hours each week?
Do they have room to park in the garage? I’ve never understood the people that have a garage yet park outside. If you can’t park in the garage, maybe it’s time to get rid of some of the shit you have in your garage that you don’t use.
Do they have room to park in the garage? I’ve never understood the people that have a garage yet park outside. If you can’t park in the garage, maybe it’s time to get rid of some of the shit you have in your garage that you don’t use.
It is their right, but if enough people choose that right then people around them lose property value. So do yard parkers have the right to lower the value of people all around them because they own a lot themselves?
I've had world-war 3 over that issue in my neighborhood and it's always been the 3-car garage vs the 2-car garage people. ...and I'm neither. I have a 4-car tandem; however, my house was built on a downhill decline so I have 4' of concrete to contend with which resulted in a 14' garage ceiling and a 9' stair case inside the garage. What does that mean? I can't realistically park two vehicles inside my garage. When my daughters still lived here, we had my wife's car in the garage with me and one daughter in the drive-way. My other daughter had to park in the street.
Furthermore, I see other 2-car garage owners with large families double-stack cars in the driveway forcing the rear-ends out into the street. This puts parents with strollers pushing strollers over the grass and out into the street due to the side-walk being blocked.
My opinion has always been to enforce the no street-parking rule when it's being abused. For example:
- Inoperable vehicle in the street for weeks/months on end.
- Drive-way has room, but still parking in the street.
Don't try to enforce it when you clearly see there is no other place for a vehicle.
Honestly don't know. Maybe I need to clarify, they have the right to destroy their property if they so choose. That being said since I personally don't partake I 1,000% would support a city ordinance against it if the opportunity came about.
For the life of me I cannot see a connection between charging property tax and ownership of the property.
Regardless, municipalities have all kinds of regulations they are able to legally impose on homes and lots. From improvement setbacks to zoning laws, when you purchase property within a municipality. Do you think you've discovered some otherwise overlooked loophole that allows people to ago all of these restrictions?
I am amazed at that, as well. In our community every home has a two car garage, and depending on the model at least 500 sqft storage area in their basements. And the HOA takes care of lawn care so no need for a lawn mower, snow blower, etc. Yet there are people who still have too much stuff in their garage to park two cars. It baffles me.
This thread just reminds me how glad I am that I have been able to live on a farm / acreage nearly my entire life.
