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Council adopts ordinance tightening rules on vehicle storage, requiring vehicles to be road-ready
Summary
Council adopted an amendment to the city code to curb accumulation of sale/flip vehicles on private property by requiring vehicles kept at residences to be road-ready (current registration, insurance and inspection).
The DeRidder City Council adopted an amendment to the city's ordinances tightening rules on storage of vehicles on private property. Under the revised language, vehicles stored at a residence must be road-ready — with current registration, insurance and an inspection sticker — addressing complaints about multiple non-road-ready vehicles being stored and stacked in yards.
Council members said the change is intended to target residents holding multiple vehicles to sell or flip that result in cluttered yards. The amendment added a new definition clarifying when a vehicle is considered permissible on private property; city staff said exemptions for project or antique vehicles are covered by separate ordinances.
The ordinance was adopted by roll call. Enforcement details and specific penalty amounts were not enumerated during the meeting.
