Finding a place to park

The Statesboro city council is considering an ordinace that would require all homeowners to park only on pavement in their front yards. The ordinace would also limit the paving of front yards to 25 percent.

I agree that having cars parked in the front yard does not look all that great, but I do not think that gives the city the right to tell homeowners where they can and can not park on their own property. Many people with teenage children have more cars than they do garage space. If this ordinance passes, where are visiting guests supposed to park? What about homeowners who can not afford to add on a garage or pave their driveway?

Council members say they are looking into the ordinace to try and improve property values. I think property value is impacted by many other factors besides whether there are cars parked in the front yard or not. This is a small town and many of the local homeowners have lived here for years and this has never come up before. The parking may sometimes become out of control when college students have parties, but that is just for one night. Would the city rather they park on the road and block traffic? I do not think so, the yard is a much better alternative. I just think it is ridiculous that people may lose their right to park where they want on their own property.

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