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2 <br /> <br />In a January 2, 2012 e-mail to me, he told me this: “There will be no enforcement against the ‘Mr. <br />Rooter’ truck.” <br /> <br />In my January3, 2012 e-mail to Chief Bruce, it shows our continued conversations that day, in which I told <br />him his actions toward me were political, and that I wanted to speak to City Council about this parking <br />matter, and his "opinions", and not facts, for interpreting/enforcing our parking law. <br /> <br />There is a law in place that states that parking is not “unlimited". However, because this law is rather <br />unclear as to lengths of time vehicles can park on public streets, the law can be misinterpreted by <br />whomever. Only Judges are allowed interpret laws. Police Officers carry them out. <br /> <br />Some of the Code Enforcement officers, the City employees, do not even live in Louisville. Their standard <br />of living might be different in their neighborhood. For instance, where they live the law might allow <br />unlimited Public Street parking for all types of vehicles. <br /> <br />So, those Code Enforcement officers might see no problem, when I report abandoned vehicles. When they <br />report back, they say there is no problem. <br /> <br />Therefore, the City needs specifics about the parking of vehicles on Public Streets, in front of private <br />residences that do not belong to them, and especially our public streets that are next to our beautiful City <br />parks, that we do not want turned into “parking lots”. <br /> <br />Here are a few of my recommendations for resolving the City street parking problem. <br /> <br /> *no vehicles can be parked on any public streets for over 3 days except on their own property <br /> * if more time than 3 days is needed, they will need to get permission for extended parking from the <br />City Admin <br /> *no commercial vehicles can be parked in any private neighborhoods or next to any City Parks <br /> *no vehicles allowed extended/long term parking next to any City parks <br /> * repeat offenders should be ticketed and possibly towed <br /> <br />That is just some suggestions. Our Mayor pointed out to me that there is not much commercial parking <br />space in Louisville. <br /> <br />My husband also suggested that since there is a lack of commercial parking space in our City, that we <br />make a place in our “commercial” area. We could charge money for the parking. It would bring in <br />revenue. I have seen our neighbors with a boat store their vehicle in another town for the winter. They <br />could have stored that boat here in town in a commercial parking spot. The old recycling drop off center at <br />Pine and Hwy. 42 is vacant. <br /> <br />This problem could happen in any neighborhood in Louisville with the City parking laws as vague as they <br />are. These laws need immediate changing, so the Code Enforcement has uniform written word of exactly <br />who can and cannot legally park on our beautiful City streets. <br /> <br />Louisville has been named in Money Magazine over the years as one of the top 5 places to live in the <br />country. We need to keep our streets free and clear of permanent/abandoned vehicles cluttering our <br />streets. <br /> <br />The law in question is listed below in the Post Script. This is the law that our Chief of Police enforces, when <br />he wants. That loop needs closing immediately. <br /> <br />Thanks for your time. <br />Sincerely, <br />Bev Beaufait <br />388 W. Elm St. <br />303-673-0247 <br />37