Cars at home have Roswell man facing jail

[Sequoia]

Azhar Zaidi has a wife, four children and a home in Roswell. That combination could land him in jail for six months.Roswell has an ordinance that says only four vehicles parked outside a home can be seen from the street.

Such ordinances are common in metro Atlanta, but they're not strictly enforced. What makes Zaidi's situation unusual is that he got caught — and then refused to buckle to authorities.

"What am I going to tell my kids — 'Don't come visit me?' Is that what the law is about?" said Zaidi, a U.S. citizen from Pakistan who can have six cars or more parked on his property when his children came home to visit from college.

Many homes in the upscale north Fulton suburb of Roswell have two-car garages, so they can legally have six vehicles on the property because two are hidden from view.

But Zaidi and his family live in one of Roswell's few remaining working-class neighborhoods, where enclosed garages are rare. Those families are limited to four vehicles in the driveway or carport.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/northfulton/stories/2007/03/12/0313metroswell.html

"It's a concern for the neighborhood, " she said. "It'll become a slum if we're not careful."

Look lady, most slums have no cars at all.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. In Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, you can get ticketed for having

a truck or a "work vehicle" (not a contractor, etc.) parked on your property that can be seen "from the street" even if fleetingly from a passing car.

[ThomCat]

2. This is just a way of punishing people for being poor.

If you don't have enough property for a multi-car garage then you aren't allowed to have people come visit you, or through events are parties.

I hope he finds a way to successfully fight this. It's amazing that any public ordinance can limit how many people are allowed to visit your home for any reason other than fire and safety.
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