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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced so many narrow minded people.....not every law passed is to get your money.

Cracking down on official plan violations? Not done for the cash? What's next, J-walking .... for protection of pedestrians, of course.

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Originally posted by Time2Burn I agree with Skipper this article was purposely written to be sensasional.

Well yeah, that's citynews for ya.

But do you think it would be better to leave the "driveway expansion" as grass and just park in the mud?

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Originally posted by Stingray But Scott, my bad influence, they arent making it illegal to pave over your lawn. They are making it illegal to park on that paved lawn.

most of the people have paved over their lawn to make room for more vehicles.

Just do what I do....park on the lawn....fuck it....I've also put a shitter on the front lawn with a plant in it.

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced so many narrow minded people.....not every law passed is to get your money.

What i find narrow minded is people who take it up the ass from the government in the name of the "greater good". You just said it yourself, "not every law", meaning that you admit some laws are passed to grab my money. Well guess what, this one is one of them and so was that one about needing a license to have an inflatable pool. I'm sorry but I don't buy this shit. The city should spend their time and my money in better things than to worry about what I do with my front lawn.

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Originally posted by Time2Burn so they can fit more cars onto their property so they can avoid getting a street parking permit and in the end take away street parking spots"

I highlighted where you lost me.

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced most of the people have paved over their lawn to make room for more vehicles. Just do what I do....park on the lawn....fuck it....I've also put a shitter on the front lawn with a plant in it.

Ahh. So cars parked all over front lawn = not an eyesore. Cars parked all over front driveway = eyesore.

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so what exactly is the purpose of this law?

when my parents bought a 3rd car - they increased the size of our driveway so we could park all of our cars on our property.
(note, there is no "street parking permits" on our street - parking on the street overnight is illegal)

so, say a family buys an extra vehicle.. they then could have paved part of their lawn to park it, but that would allow them to avoid buying a street permit??

so? is it a cash grab or not?? Sure seems that way to me.. You aren't allowed to pave your yard so if you have an extra vehicle, you _HAVE_ to buy a street parking permit..

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Originally posted by joinT so, say a family buys an extra vehicle.. they then could have paved part of their lawn to park it, but that would allow them to avoid buying a street permit?? so? is it a cash grab or not?? Sure seems that way to me.. You aren't allowed to pave your yard so if you have an extra vehicle, you _HAVE_ to buy a street parking permit..

+1

It's my property, I should be able to do whatever the fuck I want on it.

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Originally posted by joinT so what exactly is the purpose of this law? when my parents bought a 3rd car - they increased the size of our driveway so we could park all of our cars on our property. (note, there is no "street parking permits" on our street - parking on the street overnight is illegal) so, say a family buys an extra vehicle.. they then could have paved part of their lawn to park it, but that would allow them to avoid buying a street permit?? so? is it a cash grab or not?? Sure seems that way to me.. You aren't allowed to pave your yard so if you have an extra vehicle, you _HAVE_ to buy a street parking permit..

Oh but that will change once we are not allowed to have more than two cars (the exact number will depend on the size of your property), unless ofcourse you buy extra "vehicle space" permit for your own property. Welcome to communist Canada, the great wall of Canada to be completed in the year 2020.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur I highlighted where you lost me.

Yeah not well explained I agree.

OK Scenario:

Family X has 1 car but no driveway on their property. They are forced to park on the street where they would have to pay for a monthly parking permit. One day they decide that they are going to convert their small front lawn into a "driveway" so they no longer have to worry about street parking/tickets/permits. So they get all the interlocking brick done and even buy some tar so they can create an incline at the curb for their car toi roll up on. Then one day I drive up and park infornt of this make shift driveway and they freak out cause I'm blocking them in. I say "FUCK YOU" cause one can't just decide to make a driveway entrance at a whim without zoning approval.

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Originally posted by weema Oh but that will change once we are not allowed to have more than two cars (the exact number will depend on the size of your property), unless ofcourse you buy extra "vehicle space" permit for your own property. Welcome to communist Canada, the great wall of Canada to be completed in the year 2020.

It's funny cause it's true. Pretty soon we'll need special permits to take a dump, and a seperate permit to take a piss. If we don't then our Big Brother neighbours, who have nothing better to do than indulge in OUR own personal lives, will call the police on us and you will get fined for taking an illegal shit.