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Belleville driveways debated
Posted 1 year ago
Tue, May 8th, '12 - 10:37 am
Belleville is taking steps to regulate front yard parking in the urban residential areas.
Maureen Barton of Foster Ave. told the city’s Planning Committee last night that tenants at an apartment building across the street from her park four vehicles on the front yard, are obnoxious and difficult, and affect her quality of life.
The city’s Planning Committee will recommend that City Council amend the zoning bylaws, restricting front yard parking.
Driveway width would be limited to 6 m to accommodate two car-widths side-by-side for smaller frontage, or 50% of the frontage of a lot width greater than 12 m.
If approved, it will not affect parking already in place, such as the issue on Foster Ave.
There are other areas in Belleville ward that one sees vehicles parked on front lawns. The city should look at all areas of the city as well.
Perhaps look at how many vehicles are permitted per property based on zoning? We have a house in my cul de sac with 4 cars in the driveway and another 2-3 parked on the street most of the time, yet it’s a single-family dwelling. (And these aren’t casual visitors…they all seem to live there.) While I would like to think 2-3 cars should be sufficient, it only makes sense that the number of cars should never exceed the number of bedrooms in a dwelling.
Are they hurting themselves or anyone else by parking there? UM? NOPE!
Then perhaps the city should focus on ENFORCING the by-Laws already out there that may cause harm to someone???? Like Animal Control and/or Pool Guarding???? OH WAIT, DOH!!!….that would be beneficail to ALL of Belleville. Low/ Middle/ and Upper Class.
Sheesh
By-laws
PROPERTY STANDARDS
BY-LAW NO. 2000-45
3.8.1 Areas used for vehicle traffic and parking shall be paved with bituminous, concrete or equivalent surfacing or shall be surfaced with crushed stone or other suitable and reasonable dust free substance, and shall be free from ponding and otherwise in good repair.
Other cities have by-laws on their websites that explicitly list that one cannot park on the grass.
Aside from simply killing the grass and other visual blemishes cars can set the grass on fire when it is dry. This can turn into a much bigger problem for everyone.
Other car related issues the city needs to crack down on.
- Parking in handicap without a permit
- Parking in the fire route (example places like Dewe’s and Bayview Mall)
- Parking facing the wrong way on the street
- Parking across from another parked car on a two lane road.
- Parking over the sidewalk when parking on the side of the street
I agree scoobysnackz if someone owns the property who’s business is it of anyone elses where they park. like you said as long as there is noone being hurt.