Toledo proposal targets cars in backyards

Toledo proposal targets cars in backyards

Leaving cars parked in yards in Toledo could put their owners at risk of seeing their vehicles driven away behind a tow truck, under a proposed ordinance reviewed yesterday by a Toledo City Council committee.

The ordinance is aimed at giving police and city nuisance inspectors the power to issue $25 parking tickets to people who park on any unpaved section of their property. City Law Director John Madigan said current city law prohibits front yard and side yard parking, but not backyard parking. That would be changed under the new law. In addition, nuisance inspectors would gain special police powers to ticket and order tows of vehicles parked illegally - not just those that are "nuisances." Last summer, the city was forced to pay a West Toledo man $7,500 to avert a potential lawsuit after he was charged with misdemeanor assault in a chest-butting altercation with a private tow operator. The operator was summoned by the city to move a truck and trailer from the man's yard. The threatened lawsuit came after a Toledo Municipal Court judge dismissed the charges based on a 2004 Ohio 6th District Court of Appeals opinion that the vehicles didn't fit the description of a nuisance. Chief Michael Navarre said police have been restricted from ticketing and towing vehicles parked in rear yards unless they meet the definition of a junk car - one that is at least three years old, is apparently inoperable or extensively damaged, and is worth less than $1,500. "Last year, we received 800 complaints. We were able to tow 100 vehicles," the chief said. "This ordinance will allow us to remove those other vehicles." Sue Frederick,(See: Bitch;Devil;Spawn of Satan in your websters) manager of code enforcement, said vehicle owners must be given at least one notice or ticket before a tow can be ordered. Councilman Mark Sobczak, who chaired the hearing, said council members have concerns that the towing law may be enforced too zealously. Ms. Frederick said the law would be used against people who park vehicles on the grass despite notices to move them. "These are habitual violators that we get complaint after complaint about." She said the law would not make it illegal to park on uncurbed streets where there is a gravel parking area parallel to the road. And she said existing gravel drives are grandfathered into the law. The committee took no action on the proposed ordinance, and Mr. Sobczak said it likely would not be voted on before council's meeting Nov. 28.
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why dont they take care of some of the existing problems in the neighborhoods before they go giving these people badges to do whatever the fuck they want to do!!!!???!?!

why not go after the house 5 down from mine that has had a van in the driveway for 4 months WITH NO LICENSE PLATE or down one more block to a guy that runs a lawn business from his house and jeeps his trailer on the grass in his front yard...... oh wait BOTH OF THESE PEOPLE ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN so they get special rights to do whatever the hell they want to do while the city drives by atleast once a day and takes a picture of my house and complains that I dont have lids on my garbage cans BECAUSE THE MORON GARBAGE MEN THREW THE FRICKING LIDS AWAY 2 MONTHS AGO (HERES YOUR SIGN) or they complain that one section of fence is a shade lighter then the other... WHO CARES!! about 2 years ago I was ready to paint each picket a different color of flouresent paint to be an ass and I still might and then paint a big 3' high "JESUS LOVES YOU" on the fence and paint a wall mart smilie on there too. good night!

I worry too much

normally I dont put my personal life out on the internet but I have had a few things bugging me lately and I am open for any advice I can get... one is a repeated dream that every time has 5 distinct people in it but the dream is different every time... it has Susan Frederick, Mike Bombrys, Jeremy Goldthwaite, Carty Finkbeiner, and myself. the last one was the most vivid and I woke wide awake at the end, it started out a normal summer day early morning I woke up and went outside and let the dog out andto start mowing the lawn I was sitting on my riding mower cutting the grass (specifically the one the city took on May 25th) and I saw Sue's green jeep come tearing down the road along with a wrecker and a garbage truck ( like she had on the 25th) and I stopped what I was doing and asked what was going on, she said "fuck you fatass, I am taking your stuff" and I say bullshit and then go in the house to grab a ball batbut instead I grab my Kimber and 4 clips and go back outside to see a group of black people loading everything of mine into the garbage truck and crushing it, my dog is going nuts at the intruders and then one of the black people kick her in the head and down she goes. he then grabs her and heads to the garbage truck but then falls about a foot short after I fire a 45ACP round through his cranium and then I follow suit with everyone else in the back yard and then I throw all the bodies into the garbage truck and walk around to the front of the house to see my new truck on the back of the wrecker and everyone standing in a circle laughing, then Sue looks over and says,"HAHA I told you I was going to take your stuff fatass" pop pop there goes sue into the garbage truck with the rest of the people and then Robosaurus just materialized and it ate Carty Finkbeiner and the guy from Graingers towing and then the graingers tow truck and right after that bam I was wide awake...

I have had similar dreams lately and usually they are not as graphic but I have been stressed out lately over trying to make things work out and worrying over the city hassling us moreanyways I am going to bed - sweet dreams world, LOL

tough choices today

well I have been debating this for a while and as much as I hate to do business with the toledo blade after they screwed alot of people over.... but....I have to, last year 60% of my calls were generated by the blade and now I am off to a slow start so I called and got the adds going so I can make some money, plowing insurance this year is going to be in the $3k range so I need some loot to pay for it.... but on the plus side I found out about the freeway ads that are free so I can save some money and sell some junk I have laying around

been buisy

well I have been buisy, what else is new I am trying to get everything ready for snow plowing this winter while trying to juggle leaf work and trust me it is hard, the leaves dropped all at once and ofcourse the best buy delayed me a week in getting my promotional material out in the mail so that blows but I am getting calls for things still so it is ok, hopefully I will be able to start doing some door knocking on friday or saturday and start making $400-$500 a day like last year oh well I am off to finish addressing the 1200 postcards for snow removal