{"id":12218,"date":"2012-06-14T11:14:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T15:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=12218"},"modified":"2012-06-14T17:16:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T21:16:06","slug":"committee-passes-front-yard-parking-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/city-council\/2012\/06\/14\/committee-passes-front-yard-parking-ordinance\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee Passes Front-Yard Parking Ordinance"},"content":{"rendered":"

CORRECTION APPENDED: Members of the Comprehensive Planning Committee voted unanimously in favor of the front-yard parking rule. The original article mistakenly reported that Russ Stephenson had voted against.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s been years in the making, but a council committee finally approved an ordinance that would prohibit residents from parking their cars on the grass in their front yard. The proposal creates a new zoning district around N.C. State University, where front-yard parking would be prohibited.<\/p>\n

The ordinance, which passed unanimously through the city council’s Comprehensive Planning Committee, was created to target drivers using their front yards as additional parking space, particularly in Southwest Raleigh.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to stop widespread, consistent student parking,\u201d said Councilor Bonner Gaylord.<\/p>\n

According to neighbor complaints during the past four years, NC State students tend to be the biggest offenders.<\/p>\n

The ordinance would not apply citywide and would be implemented through a special parking overlay district. If the ordinance is approved by the city council next week, councilors would then direct planning staff to begin the rezoning process that would come with a public hearing, targeted for July.<\/p>\n

If it has positive results in Southwest Raleigh, the city could implement it in other problem areas, such as Southeast Raleigh.<\/p>\n

Property owners who look to add additional parking would only be allowed an area that is less than 40 percent of their front yard. Or, owners would be allowed a driveway, plus space for two cars, whichever is less. The area must be made of a hard surface, like asphalt, concrete or pavers.<\/p>\n

For special circumstances, homeowners would be able to get a permit that would allow them to park on the grass for three months. Owners could only apply for this permit every three years.<\/p>\n

The council will vote on the issue at its next meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If approved by council, a new law would require residents near NC State to find new places to park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24029,"featured_media":10089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24029"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}