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Council raises code-enforcement concerns over Down Home Auto’s angle-parking trial; attorney to send cease-and-desist
Summary
Council discussed a one-year angle-parking trial for Down Home Auto ending Oct. 5, 2024, citing safety concerns and possible ordinance violations for staging customer vehicles on public streets; Attorney Tom Barnes was given consensus to send a cease-and-desist letter.
Council discussed the end of a one-year trial allowing angle (diagonal) parking at Down Home Auto. Ashton reported construction of gravel to support the parking but council members raised safety and code compliance concerns: large trucks overhanging into the street when exiting the alley, an AC unit blocking a sidewalk, and vehicles being stored on public streets rather than being kept on private property.
Council members noted the City had made exceptions to ordinances for the business during the trial. Attorney Tom Barnes read the relevant city ordinance language about stored or inoperable vehicles and advised the council that customer vehicles should not be left on city streets and that vehicles stored in public right-of-way could be subject to towing. Barnes offered to prepare a cease-and-desist letter to Down Home Auto; the council reached consensus for him to do so.
No formal enforcement action or timetable was recorded beyond the attorney's offer to contact the business; the minutes do not record a response from Down Home Auto or any subsequent remedial agreement.
