To all: Yes I had sand driveways, which had been excavated two inches below the
alley for 6 years. This FILTERED the water from my property as well as the
other FIVE properties that DRAIN across mine before emptying into the alley and
then into the storm sewer.
Until the city inspectors decided that my sand was jumping up those 2" and
running down the alley, this was actually being caused by the vacant lot next
door owned by MCDA aka the CITY. For two years I paid Fines totaling 300.00.
I Co-Own my Duplex with a friend and have for the past 24 years. So then
refinanced my house and poured concrete driveways. We also made sure we had all
of the angle right so that we handle all water. Because we have a duplex the
city standards say that we must have a Dust Free driveway, so this was our only
option. That we could get done in the time allotted. Yes we do all our own
work.
Now we are being charged 300.00+ a year for having these driveways. How is
this justified by the Mayor and City Council.
Yes I would rather have the sand that I didn't have to chip Ice off of or
worry about slipping on.
We have a small garden space in what was left after drive ways.
Currently Three Adults live here. I'm sure we use much less water than the
single family homes on either side of us with 2 adults and 4-6 children. Our
house foot print is no larger than either of these.
We wish we could have more pervious surface and yes we tried.
Joan Thom
Hawthorne
I second Bill's comments. We live on a 4,500 sq ft lot. We put a rain
garden on our boulevard strip a couple of years ago (one day of digging), and
last year we tore up the back half of our driveway (maybe 500 sq ft) both to
reduce the stormwater running off our property and to add some more garden
space. .
Chuck Holtman
Prospect Park
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