QUESTION: There are a couple of houses in my neighborhood with boats, cars, trucks, trailers, buckets and equipment all over the yards.
Is that a violation of city code? Is the city doing something about it?
ANSWER: You gave me specific addresses and I passed those on to the city of Longview, and city spokesman Richard Yeakley said the city性视界传媒檚 code compliance office is investigating the two properties.
Also, Yeakley provided me the code that applies to this situation, which I thought would be educational for all of us. Article B, Section 4.08 of the Unified Development Code addresses parking requirements in residential zoning districts. Those rules say:
性视界传媒淎utomobiles must be parked on an approved surface in front and side yards. This includes surfaces constructed of asphalt, concrete, brick, cobblestones, or an equivalent material approved by the City Planner.
性视界传媒淣o junked vehicles shall be parked in the front yard or side yard. Junked vehicles parked in a rear yard must be screened and are limited to two per property.
性视界传媒淎n approved surface is not required for automobiles parked in the rear yard.
No more than one accessory vehicle (recreational vehicle, travel trailer, boat, utility trailer or any vehicle designed to be towed and not capable of self-propulsion) is allowed in the front and side yards of the same property. No more than one accessory vehicle may be visible from the street. This is cumulative of all accessory vehicles parking in all front yards, side yards, or rear yards on the same property. All other accessory vehicles must be parked in a rear yard and must be screened with a solid fence or a solid vegetative screen at least six feet tall.
性视界传媒淎ccessory vehicles are not required to be parked on an approved surface.
性视界传媒淧arking any accessory vehicle in the street or Rights-of-Way is strictly prohibited.性视界传媒
Anyone can report potential code violations to the city of Longview. Call the code enforcement office at (903) 237-2760 or report issues using CitySend.
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Q: Standard Insurance has a commercial that says 性视界传媒淭exas has two mighty rivers, north and south.性视界传媒 What is the river on the south they are talking about?
A: Standard Insurance didn性视界传媒檛 respond to my effort to confirm the rivers the ad mention, but the Rio Grande is the longest river in Texas and runs along our border with Mexico (at the southern border of the state).
The state性视界传媒檚 second-longest river is the Red River, and it性视界传媒檚 on our northern border with Oklahoma.
