HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998 07 21 Letter Re: Update on City Ordinances Regarding Vehicles~ • ':
June 20, 1998
To: City Manager Ronald MacLemore
SUBJECT: Update of City Ordinances Regarding Vehicles
In recent months I have had a chance to review our city's
codes, and to compare these with some of the more progressive
cities in Florida. As Winter Springs prepares to enter the 21st
Century, the "City Image" to project is that of a progressive
place: with the best schools, modern public facilities, first
class police and fire service, a new Town Center, and an infras-
tructure of appreciating residential and commercial properties. A
review of the pertinent portions of the codes of Naples, Boca
Raton, Orlando and Winter Park, indicated that our code is in
need of review.
The Codes of Winter Park are attractive with regard to: park-
ing of Commercial vehicles, buses, boats, mobile homes; pets:
nuisance: exterior walls: care of premises. There were also sev-
eral areas of Sec. 110-85, and 106-233 of the City of Naples
codes that are appealing. Not mentioned in our codes, nor those
of the other cities I reviewed, was the subject of "Traffic Calm-
ing." This is an issue from which the citizens of our city would
benefit significantly from if incorporated into code.
Taxpayers of our city have specifically brought the following
concerns to me, which t relate here:
1. There is no ordinance preventing heavy vehicles from using
city commercial parking lots for overnight and/or long term park-
ing. Eighteen wheelers, for example, can park in the Tuskawilla
Seven-Eleven parking lot for weeks if they want - as long as they
have the owners permission. The same applies to the Badcock park-
ing lot.
2. There is no ordinance requiring anyone to maintain stock-
ade fences - even if they are falling apart.
3. An increasing number of our citizens are running a busi-
ness out of their homes. This becomes a problem when it is a com-
mercial type operation in which commercial trailers and other
types of light commercial vehicles begin showing up overnight and
on weekends in residential areas not designed for such undertak-
ings. Enhanced codes need to proscribe this where ever possible.
4. Many home-owners expressed annoyance and concern over an
increasing problem in which light commercial vehicles (which are
not proscribed by current codes,) appear more and more frequently
on residential properties where in many instances they are being
parked on front lawns.
5. One resident suggested having all code violations calls
logged into a single computer program - both calls answered by
police and code personnel. Then when multiple violations appear
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by the same party, something can be done.
show w ere the serious problems are
ac iv y deal with it.
Robert S. Miller, Commissioner
CC: Code Enforcement Officer
Code Enforcement Board
City Commissioners
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