THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, July 2, 1994 TAG: 9406300020
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A12 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 33 lines
I can try to relate to Brian Kelly's feelings about having his vintage Mustangs towed away from his own back yard (news, June 14), but has he tried to relate to how his back yard must have looked to his neighbors?
I can also agree with his feelings about clearing vehicles in violation off the streets in every neighborhood, not just the so-called ``blighted areas.''
Every day I drive through a very ``nice'' neighborhood, and at one house alone there are five cars in violation of code; one is even parked on the street within 50 feet of a Norfolk policeman's home.
The new interest in enforcing the public-health codes is not all bad; it forces us to view our homes and property as others view them. Those of us who pay attention to the cleanliness of our yards and property just want those around us to do the same. If it takes inspectors who reach over a fence to do it, then so be it.
But I would like to know why no inspector has responded to repeated phone calls from our neighborhood over the past six months about a certain corner with a brand new stop sign, with bushes so high and so close to the street that you cannot see the oncoming traffic you are stopping for.
NANCY L. GRAY
Norfolk, June 20, 1994 by CNB