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Parking on private property
Hello, I am having an issue with a neighboring business that has customers that park in front of my house and blocks my driveway and parking spots. How do I go about assessing this situation? I reached out to PD and owners but have not had any luck with preventing customers parking in front of my house in my lot. I am in NY. Am I forced to just try and block off parking with some sort of cone and tape or what can I do to deter individuals for parking illegally? I have set up a no parking sign but still continue to have this issue
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Post a sign and start towing. I have had to do that in a couple places. Word spreads pretty quickly and the problem goes away!
We have a culdesac with 3 duplexes and other units have friends park in front my tenant’s garages so they can’t get out. I posted a letter on each neighbors door to set the expectation and haven’t had any issues since.