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Groups To Talk Over Fences
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By KATHY STEELE ksteele@tampatrib.com
Published: Apr 22, 2006
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS - Residents say chain-link fences are a neighborhood eyesore and in some cases a safety hazard to motorists.
But business owners say they need the fences to protect their property from vandalism and theft.
The city council plans to schedule a workshop to bring both sides together to talk fences.
get rid of all these fences! They are ugly and a hazard. There are alternatives.
ReplyDeletewrll then go to the meeting and tell them specifically what those alkternatives are
ReplyDeleteThe alternative is to sell a car once in a while so they aren't stacked up on top of each other in the lot.
ReplyDeleteOr I have a better idea, why don't we just blow all of them up and start over?
I don't like the fences, but unfortunely they are a neccesity in this community for some businesses.
ReplyDeleteHats off to ABC who removed there fences on FL ave. They lite up there business like a christmas tree at night to cut down on the vandalism. The community will have a tuff fight removing fences that are grandfathered in.
Is theft and vandalism of their inventory such a problem for car lots in SH these days? I think the chain link is as vestigal as the burglar bars on the historic homes. Just who are these vandals? Idol teens with nothing better to do or perhaps disgruntled purchasers with an axe to grind?
ReplyDeleteI think the chainlink fences actually hender their business. If you drive up Florida Ave. and start looking at the car lots, the neater looking lots without chain link fences have customers.
ReplyDeleteThese car lots are here for 1 reason-To make money ( and they do!). They pay high rent to the land owners and have been here long before most of residents moved here. As small businesses come and go ( ex Rigo's, Romans, stupids, Coffee bean and the list goes on and on. ) these lots continue to do business. I wouldn't want to try to make them take down there fences. Imagine if you were in your house 25 yrs and some new homeowner wanted you to take down your 25 yr old fence cause he didn't like how it looked.
ReplyDeleteNow if it's a safety or code issue or wasn't permitted that's a different issue altogether. Just my thoughts
It IS a safety issue. Just ask the friends and family of Flora Revesz.
ReplyDeleteA new chain link just went up on Idlewild and Nebraska. What a shame.
ReplyDeleteI'm all for changing the code to prohibit chain link along the strees and public byways, even for commercial businesses. They don't need "chain link" to keep the vandals out, they just need a fence. The car lot near Hillsborough Blvd on Florida didn't use chain link.
As for grandfathered-in lots, we'll just have to be patient and let commercial revitalization take care of that.
Chain link fences are ugly and an eye sore. I took al of mine down just after I moved into my Bungalow. Looks so much better. Everyone says so. And not one person has said "What happened to your beautiful chain link fence". Take down the fences. They are ugly and there are other ways to protect property. Not every business on Florida Ave. has chain link fences you know.
ReplyDeleteI think you are!
ReplyDeleteThere is a used car lot on Florida (ABC Autos, I think) that has no chain link and definitely no barbed wire. They also have those posts. I haven't heard that his problems are any worse than the lots that have chain link. Remove all the chain link. Some lots have chain link around the outside of the posts. Now explain that to me.
ReplyDeleteTry some lighting and clean the place up.
Try spending some of that money derived from selling junk to poor people at exhorbitant finance fees into a video surveillance system.
ReplyDeleteThe lemon dealers should just buy a couple of cameras and warning signs to safeguard their "treasure," a 1992 yellow Buick Sunbird
Ya got a problem widt my ride?
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