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2 weeks ago on both sides of the street, Yellow lines on the sidewalk to eliminate parking on the street at this location showed up. Parking is VERY LIMITED in this area and by painting these yellow lines here you just eliminated about 4-6 street parking spaces. There is NO reason for there to be Yellow line on these areas as far as they go. I can understand at the corners but not all the way in like they painted them. Please eliminate these lines.
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Police Chief (Registered User)
zalman (Registered User)
Acknowledged Police Lieutenant (Registered User)
Closed Police Lieutenant (Registered User)
The Town of Surfside painted the lines as a visual boundary showing where vehicles are allowed to park and are not allowed to park. Miami-Dade County Ordinance allows for vehicles that are parked near intersections or near cross-walks to be issued parking citations. Vehicles were never legally allowed to park at the location shown in the photo or the areas that the curbs have now been painted yellow. Parking citations have been issued to violators in these areas in the past prior to the curbs being painted. The newly painted curbs now make it easier for motorists to determine if they are parking in a legal manner.
I hope this answers your question. If you have any further questions please contact Parking Manager, Elinor Joseph, Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm at 305-861-4862.
Thank you
Reopened Concerned Citizen (Registered User)
It seems to me that the CITY OF SURFSIDE is ANTI-FAMILIES. In the residential areas, you can only park in the street for 1 hour. Now in the NON-Residential area according to you guys, but where everybody lives, you have eliminated most of the additional parking that we have for guest or even FAMILIES that have more than one vehicle and need the street parking. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHERE ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO PARK! I NEED DETAILS ON WHO MADE THIS DECISION AND WHY and how it betters the community being harassing the people that live there.
Acknowledged Police Lieutenant (Registered User)
Closed Police Lieutenant (Registered User)
The present vehicle parking/standing setback distance from either an intersection or crosswalk is contained in Miami-Dade County Code Section 30-292 which provides distances of 20 feet or greater. The Town of Surfside painted the lines as a visual boundary showing where vehicles are allowed to park and are not allowed to park so that persons parking could easily determine if they were parked properly and avoid being issued a parking citation. The Miami-Dade County Ordinance allows for vehicles that are parked near intersections or near cross-walks to be issued parking citations and many vehicles have been issued parking citations for these violations.
If you have any further questions please contact Parking Manager, Elinor Joseph, or Lieutenant John Bambis, Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm at 305-861-4862. Please be advised that the number listed is the non-emergency police phone number and it is answered by a communications operator on a permanent basis.
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Noted (Registered User)