Front Yard Parking Ordinance Enforcement

Yesterday I submitted a list of 298 indiviudal properties to the City's Planning Department in the Glenwood neighborhood that are not currently in compliance with the new Front Yard Parking Ordinance that went into effect on July 15. This was based on a windshield survey done in mid-June and does not include the portions of Glenwood west of Aycock or south of Florida. I am not clear as of right now how enforcement will be handled or what the process is for compliance or what the penalties are for not complying. I imagine that, like the RUCO ordinance before it, it will take some time to work through the initial deluge the city will get on out of compliance properties. As far as I know, the City has only 2 inspectors assigned to handle this work at this time. I think it would be in the best interest of the City and its citizens if it could figure out a way to provide some additional staff, even on a temporary basis, to work through this backlog in the first year; otherwise, it will be frustrating for everyone involved to have an ordinance that can't really be enforced due to lack of staff.