Mill Creek Resident Annoyed By Neighbor’s Parking Habits
September 8, 2010
I recently got this note from a Mill Creek resident.
Hi Dave,
I would love for the Mill Creek Times to do an article on street parking in the neighborhood. It is extremely frustrating to have to swerve in and out to avoid cars parking on the street. I would suggest some type of street ordinance, maybe time restraints or something. Everyone in the neighborhood has a driveway and a garage so there should be no need to park in the streets. My neighbor and their guests find it convenient to park their cars right in front of my house instead of theirs, blocking my view to the beautiful park. I haven’t even touched on the safety aspect, anyone could be scoping out homes by sitting in these cars, we would never know because so many different vehicles are on the street daily.
This resident did not indicate which neighborhood she lives in, but I think this situation could be fairly common in Mill Creek. I personally am not a big fan of even more signage in Mill Creek so I’d suggest that a direct request for consideration to the “offending” neighbors should be the first step, assuming the cars are from residents and not infrequent guests. Beyond that, I suppose a request could be made to the SSA to create a no parking zone, but this could be hard to justify. As for the “scoping out” concern, I’d encourage people to write down the license plate number of any “suspicious” car. Meanwhile, let’s all try to be good neighbors. Park in your garage, your driveway or in front of your own house. Don’t block the sidewalks. Keep your garage doors shut when not entering or exiting to deter crimes of opportunity.
