Flomaton resident Dwayne Conrad not only questioned why two vehicles parked behind his Palafox Street business were tagged as a nuisance violation, but also questioned why he only had 72 hours to move them or be fined.
Conrad appeared before the Flomaton Town Council Monday night saying code enforcement officer Heather Patterson tagged two vehicles behind his business.
“How is a vehicle parked on my own property considered abandoned and a nuisance?” Conrad asked.
Police Chief Bryan Davis said the vehicles violated town ordinance 91-05 and that the police department had received a complaint.
Davis said Patterson placed stickers on both vehicles and asked them to be moved within 72 hours, noting neither of the vehicles were registered or tagged.
Town Attorney Chuck Johns said under the ordinance if someone has a vehicle on their property it has to be tagged and registered. He said another option for Conrad was to get tags for the vehicles.
The deadline to move the vehicles is 10 a.m. Thursday or risk a fine. Conrad said he needed until next Tuesday to move the vehicles.
Davis said Alabama law requires abandoned vehicles to be removed within 48 hours but the town's ordinance gives people up to 72 hours.
Councilman Buster Crapps said he felt the town needed to go by the rules it established.
