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Reece says he told City Councilmember Larry Glass there should be a sticker that a homeowner can place on his car that allows him to park it in front of his house as long as he needs to.
Glass says he’s been trying to interest the city manager and the police chief in just such a program.
“I’ve been proposing it for six months now,” Glass says. “I’m basically waiting for the city manager to give the go-ahead. I fully support the abatement of vehicle warehousing on the street, but any rule you make you have to build in some exceptions.”
For now, the EPD’s McCauley says he keeps a list of people, including senior citizens, who’ve called to say they have no other place to park their car and they won’t be able to move it for a while.
“A fellow might call us to say he’s remodeling a house, and he’s got his trailer parked outside, and we’ve courtesy noticed it,” McCauley says. “And he’ll say it’ll need to be there another two weeks. So we’ll make an exception for that. We’re not going to stop him from making a living.”
Hartin thinks the law should be changed. He does have a place off-street to park the old T-bird, in fact — a garage. He just doesn’t think he should have to, especially because that might tell burglars they’re not home.
“I’ve lived in Eureka 51 years and we’ve been in this house 20 years,” Hartin says. “I’m really angry. What harm was my car doing there? It was legally licensed and insured, and it was in front of my own property. What was the problem?”
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