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Resident threatens legal action over overnight parking enforcement, alleges improper property inspections
Summary
Blake Carlson of 6 Geronimo Way told the council he received multiple parking tickets for a 2–6 a.m. overnight restriction, said signs on many streets are too small and improperly posted under 'Title 39,' and alleged borough personnel (he named a worker 'Vinny') took photos over fences and issued a certified health notice about his pool; the mayor agreed to investigate.
Blake Carlson, who identified himself as a resident at 6 Geronimo Way, used the public-comment portion of the Oct. 28 meeting to press the borough on parking enforcement and property-inspection practices.
"Why do we have no parking from 2 to 6AM?" Carlson asked, saying he had received tickets and believed many required signs were not posted conspicuously as required under "Title 39." He said the majority of tickets he had seen were issued to Oakland residents and that he planned to appeal; if appeals failed he said he would file a class-action lawsuit to seek refunds for tickets issued during the prior five years.
Carlson also complained that a borough worker he named as "Vinny" had taken photographs of his backyard by looking over a neighbor's fence and that he had received a certified letter from a health official about water pooling on a mesh pool cover. "I talked to him on the phone, he's describing, oh, you have a quad here, you got this there," Carlson said, describing the inspection and expressing concern staff or contractors entered or photographed private property while homeowners were away.
Mayor Eric Kamala and council members told Carlson they would investigate. Kamala asked staff to look into the complaints and said the borough would follow up with the resident.
Why it matters: Carlson raised potential procedural and legal issues about how parking restrictions are posted and how property inspections and health notices are carried out; if confirmed, his claims could prompt administrative changes or legal challenges.
What the council said: Council members said enforcement is generally complaint-driven and not proactive, and officials agreed to review the signage and the specific inspection that produced photographs and a certified letter. The mayor asked staff to investigate first thing the next morning and to meet with Carlson afterward.
No formal action was taken at the meeting; the council recorded the complaint and promised follow-up.
