The Town has a responsibility to assist and support hard working families. It is becoming increasingly common for families in Miami Lakes to have four family members who are driving age. This can be two parents and two children who are driving age and either going to school, or simply living home with their parents. There is no intent to break the law or violate any Town Code. However, some of these families park their cars on the swale out of necessity.
These families are subject to citations and fines for parking on the swale in front of their own home when there is no place else to park. I am proposing common sense legislation that provides a mechanism to protect working families from citations and fines for parking overnight on the swale under the following conditions:
- The only people parking on the property are family members who are living there;
- The driveway does not have enough space for the cars of the family residing there;
- The swale is properly maintained;
- There are no illegal efficiencies causing the need to park on the swale and there are no reasonable alternatives.
Fiscal Impact: Small