Lawn parking

[leb611]

Is it acceptable to park on the grass along side the house driveway? I have only been in TV a short time, so I have not seen this until recently. If this is not acceptable, who Is responsible to take corrective action?

[Bogie Shooter]

I have yet to see this stupid parking.
Call here:
Community Standards
Phone: 352-751-3912

[zcaveman]

A friend of mine was cited for letting his son park on the lawn. He had to park in the driveway. Now he parks in the street.

Z

[capecoralbill]

When i lived in Cape Coral during droughts, we had to park on our lawns to wash our cars. There were no rules against parking there at other time. I agree it looks awful, i think it is redneck / cracker thing.

[Jima64]

Is it acceptable to park on the grass along side the house driveway? I have only been in TV a short time, so I have not seen this until recently. If this is not acceptable, who Is responsible to take corrective action?

Regular parking on soft surface like grass will start showing wear very quickly.

[villagetinker]

Very tacky at best, hope it is against the rules, but I do not recall any specific rules against it. I agree with previous call community standards.

[NYGUY]

Is it acceptable to park on the grass along side the house driveway? I have only been in TV a short time, so I have not seen this until recently. If this is not acceptable, who Is responsible to take corrective action?

I remember being surprised when we moved to Florida 26 years ago seeing cars parked on lawns. It's another one of those southern things!!:eek:

[JCMSr]

The restrictive covenants for our property clearly state that vehicles are to be parked within the "confines of the driveway". This is typical for what I have seen/read for other homes that I have owned in other areas of the country. In fact, some of the restrictions I have read specifically required the parking areas to be paved in lieu of just being sand/gravel/grass. Not saying that this is the case for all homes in TV but I doubt that the developers would have left this issue to the discretion of each individual homeowner.

[RickeyD]

Parking automobiles on lawns on a regular basis is a very multi cultural trashy thing to do. Obviously any homeowner doing this takes no pride in his home's appearance nor does he care of what the neighbors may feel about it.

[Lovey2]

When i lived in Cape Coral during droughts, we had to park on our lawns to wash our cars. There were no rules against parking there at other time. I agree it looks awful, i think it is redneck / cracker thing.

Hahaha! We did that too, but we never left it on there. My husband always pulled it on there to wash it, and then moved it off.

[Bay Kid]

Parking automobiles on lawns on a regular basis is a very multi cultural trashy thing to do. Obviously any homeowner doing this takes no pride in his home's appearance nor does he care of what the neighbors may feel about it.

Especially if you keep it on blocks.

[Fred R]

Of course I wash my vehicles on the grass. Why waste the water. I never leave them there, but I sure wash them there. Saves my rolling up more hose. Lol

[blueash]

Of course I wash my vehicles on the grass. Why waste the water. I never leave them there, but I sure wash them there. Saves my rolling up more hose. Lol

Stormwater Pollution Prevention | Water Wisdom (http://www.thevillageswaterwisdom.com/stormwater-pollution-prevention/)
and the Villages says you are doing exactly what you should

"•Use a commercial car wash or wash your car on a lawn or other unpaved surface."

[WhoDat]

When i lived in Cape Coral during droughts, we had to park on our lawns to wash our cars. There were no rules against parking there at other time. I agree it looks awful, i think it is redneck / cracker thing.

"Cracker thing"? Are you serious?:cus:

[RickeyD]

"Cracker thing"? Are you serious?:cus:

Hey, if I can handle the NY jokes, you can handle that. :wave:

[rubicon]

playing the digital dirty dozen on TOTV:D

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

My previous Villages home had a one car garage and a strip of what should have been grass along side. A large tree had been removed from this grass area and the sprinkler system had been cut off from it.

I bought a new car and put my old one up for sale. To prevent having to move the old car with a For Sale sing on it, every time I wanted to take my car out of the garage, I parked the old car on this little strip of wasteland.

Sure enough, I got a call from community standards that someone had complained and I couldn't park there. I eventually sold the car and had this little strip covered over in concrete and now it is part of the driveway.

I understand that rules are rules and that normally this practice shouldn't be allowed, but in this case it wasn't hurting anything and it was very temporary.

So it is not allowed by community standards but if you do it, you will only told not to if someone complains. As far as I know there is no punishment for breaking any of these rules as long as you comply when you are first told to do so.

[Fred R]

Stormwater Pollution Prevention | Water Wisdom (http://www.thevillageswaterwisdom.com/stormwater-pollution-prevention/)
and the Villages says you are doing exactly what you should

"•Use a commercial car wash or wash your car on a lawn or other unpaved surface."

Thank you.

[Bogie Shooter]

Why advise someone to break the rules?

[Challenger]

My previous Villages home had a one car garage and a strip of what should have been grass along side. A large tree had been removed from this grass area and the sprinkler system had been cut off from it.

I bought a new car and put my old one up for sale. To prevent having to move the old car with a For Sale sing on it, every time I wanted to take my car out of the garage, I parked the old car on this little strip of wasteland.

Sure enough, I got a call from community standards that someone had complained and I couldn't park there. I eventually sold the car and had this little strip covered over in concrete and now it is part of the driveway.

I understand that rules are rules and that normally this practice shouldn't be allowed, but in this case it wasn't hurting anything and it was very temporary.

So it is not allowed by community standards but if you do it, you will only told not to if someone complains. As far as I know there is no punishment for breaking any of these rules as long as you comply when you are first told to do so.

Really don't like the implications of this message!

[Walter123]

My previous Villages home had a one car garage and a strip of what should have been grass along side. A large tree had been removed from this grass area and the sprinkler system had been cut off from it.

I bought a new car and put my old one up for sale. To prevent having to move the old car with a For Sale sing on it, every time I wanted to take my car out of the garage, I parked the old car on this little strip of wasteland.

Sure enough, I got a call from community standards that someone had complained and I couldn't park there. I eventually sold the car and had this little strip covered over in concrete and now it is part of the driveway.

I understand that rules are rules and that normally this practice shouldn't be allowed, but in this case it wasn't hurting anything and it was very temporary.

So it is not allowed by community standards but if you do it, you will only told not to if someone complains. As far as I know there is no punishment for breaking any of these rules as long as you comply when you are first told to do so.

I agree. It's much easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.
DWYL.........until you get caught.

[BobnBev]

My previous Villages home had a one car garage and a strip of what should have been grass along side. A large tree had been removed from this grass area and the sprinkler system had been cut off from it.

I bought a new car and put my old one up for sale. To prevent having to move the old car with a For Sale sing on it, every time I wanted to take my car out of the garage, I parked the old car on this little strip of wasteland.

Sure enough, I got a call from community standards that someone had complained and I couldn't park there. I eventually sold the car and had this little strip covered over in concrete and now it is part of the driveway.

I understand that rules are rules and that normally this practice shouldn't be allowed, but in this case it wasn't hurting anything and it was very temporary.

So it is not allowed by community standards but if you do it, you will only told not to if someone complains. As far as I know there is no punishment for breaking any of these rules as long as you comply when you are first told to do so.

:agree:
Finally, someone shows some common sense, how refreshing! :agree: