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Sgt, ;Tht Class Michael Brown stands in the driveway he created in his yard after'his family, which has four cars, - .was given warnings
:• about using the yard as a• circular' driveway.
ISome grumbl r Yakima reside ar that the n ew
par �n r t e h�w §n a�z is nit u n if or mly
B CHRIS BRISTOL
YAKIMA HERALD- REPUBLIC I c s4 >F# r y �{ t ' and code officers
in a city of 82,000 with just- four'. '
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s a military man Sgt. 1st Class Michael &r�
Brown of the National Guard is well
r� 4 In time they say continued random enforce
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So when he got a warning from Ya ] i ` ✓"�
kima city ( ' 'zt � 4 r rte. 'mil THAT PEOPLE STILL don't know about the law
y code enforcement that it was
ille alto park cat his front and Brown wasn't too �� $ r � " k is somewhat surprising
g p y la g given the publicity sur .
upset. His yard had a tendenc to et mudd and , l si` ;' r ��" " `' rounding last summer's passage of the ordinance
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it was time to do something about it. T r iii E + f w hich two hot - button issues against one
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To his chagrin, however, Brown out that�r �r ,s ` t x r another,: fighting blight vs:- property, rights,
ci i }fit ; r�t �z a ` � r But threats of protests never really material
enforcement of the ci s new ban on lawn park `fr; �, k n r
ing has been'anythiri9 but pniform l
.' - ., �a a k� + t r u ized, and city officials say there haven't been
Firg*37kxEsAp e '3h many complaints about the new or
Like many cities, Yakima' .,: r ordinance
code enforcement
relies , ` w v a »
mainly on complaints from the public. That f`t E `$ z $ W x�- dawn There were, however a lot of com hints about
!� r � parking
means that enforcement can be uneven leaving t , i 5kGa t P g -110 calls since Aug. Aug 5, when the ri j
people like Brown feeling singled out. new ordinance took effect according to a review
"If they're going to enforce something," he y y,.,,.:x ,�;� "r;�"� of enforcement records• • �` £ " "W'-�wzn Most com p hints were made anonymously, and
says, " it should be across the board.. GORDON KING/Yaki na Herald - Republic to date the city h as yet to issue a citation. City of-
City officials agree in principle but not in It's now illegal in Yakima to park a vehicle on the lawn, but enforcement of facials said warnings usually suffice .
practice, which they defend'as the most cost the ban is not uniform and relies .on complaints from the public. Here, a van
efficient way to enforce •a wide variety rules
t3' is parked recently in the front yard of a North Sixth Street house in Yakima. SEE LAWN PARKING PAGE 8A
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Continued from Page 1A - . but it was better than having to move spreads more quickly. .. • ment, ag th ide code compl=
The law restricts parked vehicles cars around all the time or parking "When your neighbor calls, then ance would be amix of complaints
to improved surfaces — driveways, on the street. . i it becomes personal, and that's not a and self - generated observations
for the most part —and prohibits Then in October came the warn- good thing, he said. "It's better for • made by code officers.
junk vehicles on blocks or jacks. For I hate to see laws th ing from the city. Given only a week people to be mad at the city, not a _ But the city simply doesn't have
many, compliance is simply a matter legislate good sense ` - to comply, Brown hustled down to . neighbor." enough personnel to get beyond the
Of parking elsewhere, often on the City Hall, where lie learned it was Bonlender is no longer on the dozens of complaints it gets weekly,
street. .. but i does make a better permissible to pave his yard with council. His successor, Rick Ensey, he said, although they make time for
� Still, the warnings come as a sur- gravel and got a two -week extension says he continues to have mixed • life- threatenin
i mage for the community . .. to' do the work - feelings g safety violations.
prise to people such as Humberto ngs about the law "Historically we have not been
�Badillo a receiving and 'Brown, a veteran of the Iraq war As a landlord, significantly self - generating, " he Ensey he
!tied c an mar- KATHY COFFEY
father of three living in the 1600 who remains on active duty, esti- , doesn't allow tenants to park -in the • said.
block of South 13th Avenue.
Y a k ima C ity . Counc il mates it cos him $750 to grade and
yard. But as a fiscal conservative - • As for lawn parking, he said there
!p "I don't know why they're so gravel his yard. That's OK, he says. who tends to lean libertarian he
icky," he said of the city, hastening - "We had been thinking of paving says he's not crazy about adopting is vi empirical proof of a reduction ,
to add he had no desire to "make the it for a while, anyway," he says. "It's laws that aren't easily enforced. in violations, but code officers are
!big fuss" and wasn't too troubled to . just that now I notice it when I see ' "It just creates hard feelings, and .noticing fewer violators.
1 repark the offendingvehicle, an old . : . • other people parking in their yards. , I still don't quite understand how ' In fact, a recent check by the
Chevrolet pickup he uses for runs to The second problem was loca- And I do see people parking in their. it (the new ordinance) solves any- Herald Republic• saw no ongoing
the dump. tion: he lives on South 10th Avenue, yards." thing," he says. violations at more than 20 addresses
t . "I'm sure it was one'of my neigh- a busy shortcut between Tieton , Even so, Ensey says he's unaware that received warnings. '
•�bors," he said of the anonymous Drive and Nob Hill Boulevard. . RON BONLENDER, who champi- of a groundswell against the ordi- It may take awhile, Cook said,
complaint about his truck "Their ' . Chronic speeding problems on . oned the ordinance as a member of nance: The city's other newcomer to but eventually the warnings and the
attitude is `If your house don't look the road, which lacks stop signs to the City Council, sympathized with the council, Kathy Coffey said she occasional citation will probably be
good, my house don't look good'." slow drivers, are compounded by Brown and said he has never been supports•the law as a way to. protect enough to get the word out.
' " " having no sidewalks and it being so a fan of the city's complaint - driven property values and fight blight. "Usually with a little bit of time,
'( FOR HOMEOWNERS like Mike narrow that parking is restricted to system of code enforcement "I hate to see laws that legislate People generally start paying atten
Brown, however, compliance may one side. ' Bonlender suggests code of- good sense," she says, "but it does Lion," heg said. "How long ill it take
not be easily remedied. , . - . - The Brown family coped by using ficers should try to systematically make a better image for the commu- before we get good compliance?
In Brown's case, the first problem the front yard as an unofficial semi- warn neighbors in the near vicinity nity and those things add up." Maybe years."
''was havingthree generations under circular driveway. It didn't hurt that of a complaint. That way, he said, • .
the same roof. As his kids grew, so there were parking strips on both the target of the complaint doesn't BILL COOK, the city's director of • Chris Bristol can be reached at 577 - 7748 orcbristol@
[did traffic to and from the house. . . -sides of the lot. The yard looked -bad, feel-singled out and word of mouth community and economic develop- • _ yakimaherald.com. .
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