Do you park vehicles in your front yard? To avoid a $100 per-day fine, move the vehicles around back or park them on a hard surface.
Beginning Aug. 1, the Town of Chapel Hill will implement a pilot program to increase the enforcement of the front-yard parking ordinance. The program will focus on identifying violations in the Northside and Pine Knolls neighborhoods, which have seen an increase in front-yard parking.
The town’s land-use-management ordinance states that parking and drive areas must be limited to 40 percent of the front-yard area and that the parking area must be clearly designated and covered with an all-weather surface or gravel.
Under the pilot program, if a violation is observed a complaint notice will be placed on site. The property owner will receive a first and final written notice of the violation through certified mail and will have 30 days to appeal. If the violations are not remedied, property owners may be subjected to penalties of $100 a day.
For more information, contact the Chapel Hill Planning Department at 968-2728 or planning@townofchapelhill.org. If you have questions about residential parking permits, contact Parking Services at parking@townofchapelhill.org or 968-2758.