City Council Approves Snow Emergency, Public Service Day Parking Ordinance Change
Dearborn residents can now be ticketed for parking over the sidewalk during a snow emergency or on their public service day.
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Two ordinance changes to help the city of Dearborn comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act were approved at Tuesday night's City Council meeting.
The amendments will affect the city's ordinances on parking restrictions and public service days, and requires that residents not park in such a way that their car blocks the sidewalk on public service days, or during snow emergencies.
The reasoning is that blockage of the sidewalk makes safe passage difficult or impossible for some residents with disabilities.
Both changes were adopted unanimously by the council.
"In order for city of dearborn to comply with ADA act, we need to change our ordinance on public service and snow emergency days," Council President Tom Tafelski said. "The city was notified and corporation counsel recommended that we prohibit parking over the sidewalk at all times."
Prior to this change, residents were permitted to block sidewalks during those times. This was due mostly to the fact that some residents do not have adequate driveway or garage space on their property to keep their vehicles during snow emergencies and on public service days.
Both situations require that cars be off the streets completely.
Public service days have ended for the season, and will resume in April.
Snow emergencies are generally declared whenever the city accumulates three or more inches of snow in a short period of time, requiring plowing by the city. So far, no snow emergencies have been announced this winter.
Anthony Mazza
10:14 am on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
So I have a corner lot and my driveway isnt long enough, I have to block the sidewalk to get my car off the street? Where am I suppose to put my vehicles? My front lawn!
katherine Cairns
10:29 am on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
People park over the sidewalk all the time so are they also ticketed or is this done just on snow emergency days.
Therese Terns
3:38 pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
It doesn't make sense to stop the "No parking on Service Days". The workers will have a difficult time picking up the dumpsters if cars are parked around them.
TT
Lee Jacobsen
6:29 pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Last time I checked there was no law against parking your car on the front lawn in Dearborn.
Make sure it has a current license plate and tag. Trailers are a no-no however.....
Cindy
7:24 pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Ok City Council, the reality of this 'Public Service' day is getting absured! You force us to use these 'monsterous' garbage cans; You make us play 'hide and go seek' your cars on trash day; You prohibit us from parking in front of our homes, just to make it 'convenient' for the garbage man and the leaf-blower guy, ...and now you want us to do what with our cars when it snows????
POWDERBURNER
7:30 pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tafelski's full of it. How did we ever elect these idiots to our city council. This has nothing to do with disabled people, though they'll claim it does. It's just another mandate from the dictators to have another way to rob us of more money, via fines. How about when a city plow truck pushes 3' of snow onto my recently shoveled sodewalk? The driver blocked it, so lets fine him too. Makes as much sense as another stupid, money grubbing scheme at our expense. And as for you poor folks living on a 40' lot, it's you own fault you can't afford one of those Islamic mini castles with a horseshoe drive you see sprouting up all over 'cuz the city just loves that tax revenue.
mary
5:22 am on Thursday, January 12, 2012
A disabled person in their right mind would not be walking when there is3 inches or more. I see more handicapped tags then are needed, and they get out running to where they need to go. Look into that.
Rich
2:37 pm on Thursday, January 12, 2012
For the time being, I'll be 'creating' a new driveway between my house and my neighbor's. Actually works out well since it puts my car next to the front porch and my wife has a hard time walking (ADA - hurrah).
On the East side many houses have MULTIPLE cards (one down the street from me has I swear EIGHT cars) - what are they supposed to do?
Lee Jacobsen
1:02 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Have them park on the lawns. Be sure to leave clearance for the sidewalk however.
SnotNosedTommy
12:12 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Gotta love how subdivision plats are approved with regards to street widths, home setbacks, all the spec's before construction begins.Setbacks are not far enough for a driveway to accommodate two vehicles without blocking the sidewalk.Years later the rules change and the folks have to pay for the incompetence of previous city/village officials.
Lee Jacobsen
1:08 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Tommy... don't worry.... Officials are in the process of fixing the improper setbacks. The setbacks will stay the same. However, the cars will eventually all be like 'Smart' cars and be very small, the setbacks and your one car garage will be able to hold at least two cars. Thank your govt for the regulations forcing this to happen.
You wanted to drive a smaller car anyway...right?