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Friday, February 24, 2006

February 16, 2006 McConnell protests RV Parking Ordinance

Tribune

Thursday, 16 February 2006

Park RV proposal

Covina to change its municipal code to prohibit any recreational vehicle - which will include a wide range of items including boats, dune buggies, ATVs, jet skis, fifth-wheelers, campers, and the trailers used to transport those items and horses - from being parked not only in the street, but also on private property in driveways in front of homes.

The proposed ordinance will also eliminate overnight parking permits for such vehicles and prohibit people from parking their recreational vehicles either in front of their home or in their driveway when they come to visit - even during the year-end holidays.

The city's excuse for pursuing this effort is that it claims that RVs reduce property values.

What nonsense. Streets full of cracks and potholes, broken sidewalks and curbs, an over-age sewer system and seismically unsound buildings (such as the library) owned by the city are the items that really affect property values and/or represent potential liability to the city.

Why hasn't the city fixed those problems with the utility tax revenues like it promised?

Are the council and city manager ever going to address Covina's real needs, or just keep trying to divert attention away from their lack of concern for such items by bringing up irrelevant issues such as this?

William McConnell

Covina