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Neighbor urges city action on cars blocking residential streets on Janwood Lane
Summary
A resident told council that parked cars—some without tags or with flat tires—are creating safety and access problems on Janwood Lane and asked the city to study one-sided parking or other solutions.
Diane Grafenberg, a resident at 13656 Janwood Lane, used the citizen-comment period to urge the council to address what she described as a growing problem of cars parked on residential streets.
Graftenberg said the number of vehicles—both legally parked and apparently abandoned cars without current tags, inspections or with flat tires—has increased on Janwood Lane. "There's a long curve on my street, and if you enter on one end, you can't see from the other end," she said, adding that two vehicles meeting would force one to back up and that an emergency vehicle might not be able to pass.
She suggested the city consider requiring parking on only one side of the street, possibly rotating sides monthly, to preserve emergency access and encourage removal of disabled vehicles. "There would be no cost to the city except in staffing and enforcing that," Grafenberg said, and she asked the council and city staff to address the problem.
Ending: Council acknowledged the comment; the transcript records no immediate staff response or formal direction on this item during the meeting.
