Neighbor Owns Over 20 Cars Parked Throughout Neighborhood, Possible City Code Violations

One of the residents, whose house is close to the boulevard, reports that he runs a car-sharing business with about 20 cars scattered around the neighborhood, via the public application Turo. Residents also reported that they have a bypass program with the same vehicle

Today the residents have a total of 20 vehicles registered in Turo . It was reported that cars regularly drove in and out of residents' driveways and often blocked sidewalks several times a week. I also influence the use of public rights of way

Tenants typically have 4-7 cars on their lot (that is, in front of neighbors' homes and in front of what are called public roads and sidewalks) at a time, in violation of the city's policy of no more than 3 cars per driveway .  

In total, about 10 more cars are parked in each neighborhood where the residents live, occupying the valuable parking spaces of other neighbors.

Cars are also parked throughout the area, and residents occupy parking spaces in front of the house.

The corner of NE 45th Street and NE 45th Avenue behind the Seattle Community Church has about 3-5 cars a day. At least two cars have been parked on the site in the last 72 hours of the council's parking policy.

Another car was parked on the narrow street NE 50 north of the children's hospital and usually sat idle for several days.

In that street, 20-25 employees of the children's hospital, mostly mobile nurses, park on the street 7 days a week, and the residents do not find a parking space in front of their house every day.

Children's Hospital does not control this road and does not enforce parking regulations for employees to park and use the shuttle on Magnuson, even though they have been aware of this dire situation for months.

Other cars were regularly parked in front of several houses, directly across from the Children's Hospital on NE 45th Street.

The resident allegedly changed his car every 72 hours to avoid the fine. Neighbors reported that they saw the car turning onto the highway and other roads around the hospital. Neighbors have reported that they have traded one car for another after moving there, constantly driving a large fleet of cars through the neighborhood's many streets.

In some streets of the neighborhood, people were seen dropping off and picking up their cars once a week or so, and many cars sat in the drop-off spots, often in front of their neighbors' houses, during the day. . .

Many complaints are registered through the municipality's web portal. A report documented that one of the vehicles was parked at the owner's home, usually several times a week for many hours.

Other complaints related to the number of cars in the driveway and the offender's vehicle being within 20 centimeters of the lot line.

A resident with a large fleet of vehicles said that the council's policy does not apply to the residents' houses because these houses were built in 1928 and were built in .

However, the Laurelhurst Blog asked SDCI if that statement was true, and city officials responded " false, the current code applies ."

Seattle's Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI ) tells the Laurelhurst Blog that the Home Occupancy Rules state that home car service jobs cannot cause a significant increase or congestion in on-street parking.

It is a violation of the land use code to park more than 3 cars on your lot.

The following municipal parking and vehicle storage regulations apply to the surrounding residential areas:

• A maximum of three cars can be parked outside the site
• You can park in a driveway that leads to a garage or a parking lot that isn't in your yard
• You cannot park within 20 meters of the goalkeeper's boundary (ground line).
• You cannot park in the side yard if you are facing the street

SDCI told the Laurelhurst blog:

We have received complaints about more than 3 vehicles, a city inspector has been there recently and will continue to monitor the situation.

In addition, if we prove that parking congestion has increased significantly due to the occupation of houses, we will take measures to correct this.

We will investigate and enforce any code violations we find.

If they have a complaint, we encourage people to complete our online complaint form.

Update 7/13:

The owner of a large car fleet took to Laurelhurst's blog and denied all eyewitness accounts and information in the publication.

He also says his attorneys spoke (in part) to the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections ( SDCI). And he added:

Depending on who you talk to there (at SDCI), you may get different answers. Unfortunately, SDCI staff decisions are flawed and usually require legal review.

Ross Jordan says he can tell the Laurelhurst blogger at Ross.jordan@gmail.com, "I love it when neighbors want to talk to me directly or complain as much as they want."

  

Share this post