West Fred Street

Is that red bucket part of the painting material that is on the park way, or possibly saving the area behind the van due to work being done and access to the rear of the van needed?
The city does not encourage people to save parking spaces by placing items in the street but does understand sometimes the need to do it. Leaving items in the street creates a blight situation not to mention also creates public safety concern. Now with that being said if there is a significant snowfall and someone shovels out a parking spot in front of their own home/apartment, the person that worked to clear the street deserves to be able to park in front of their residence. The city understands that during heavy snowfall some items may be placed in the street to save the shoveled out space. Once the snow has been cleared and parking is back to normal all items should be removed from the street and placed out of sight. Thank you for using Whiting311.

No those are placed there just about daily. The apartment on the bottom floor is having work done, and that's what the van is from. (1219 West Fred) I'm a long term Whiting resident, and I understand the snow part. The people that placed those rent the upstairs unit. It's all based on respect of your neighbors, that I get. What this has turned into is people saving spots because parking is extremely limited. Now in saying that, I would never react to a one, two or three time occurrence. This is habit. If you would like I will submit daily pictures to show you or the city what I'm talking about. On West Fred alone there is 10+handicapped spots, 5 plus multi family rental units and single households with more then one car. Plus quite a few out of state plates. Some how we all have to work together.

We will monitor the area and address materials placed in street when the situation arises. Thank you for using Whiting311.

This activity goes on all the time, throughout the year, on majority of the city streets. Unless the city starts cracking down, it'll just continue. Why can't a city truck go around picking up this garbage off the streets and start ticketing out of state plated vehicles (obviously they are not a resident of the city or state with "OOS" plates) If they are visiting then the homeowner needs to go to the P.D. and inform them of this with a time frame of how long this vehicle will be there. All of this disrespect if getting out of hand and is a slap in the face to law abiding residents. Complaining does nothing, we want to see some action!

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