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Chester officials announce stepped-up enforcement on cars parked on vacant lots and unlawful street sales

2847304 · April 2, 2025
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Council members and city officials described a coordinated enforcement effort involving police, streets and L&I to ticket, tag and tow vehicles parked on vacant lots and to crack down on unlawful car sales on city streets; city plans to place 'abandoned' stickers, issue paper tickets and tow in cases on city-owned land, while privately owned lots

City of Chester officials said they will begin stepped-up enforcement this spring and summer against vehicles parked on vacant lots, illegal street-side car sales and junk vehicles in public view.

At the April 1 special council meeting a council member reported receiving many calls from residents about cars parked on private and vacant lots and sellers using city streets to display and sell vehicles. The council member told colleagues the city will coordinate police, the streets department and…

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