Schipske District 5 Journal.com

It’s that time of year when I finally have time to clean up my home office and try and get re-organized for the New Year.
It is also the time I can sit down and go on the internet and research issues I haven’t time to to check out.
So in the spirit of “cleaning out” and […]

Last week and today at Council, I responded to numerous calls from residents of the 5th about the recent notifications sent to hundreds of homeowners telling them to remove backyard canopies and to cease parking more than one car in a driveway when a garage can only hold one car.
Existing City codes do prohibit a […]

Over the past few weeks, my staff has been receiving complaints from residents about being contacted by the City Code Enforcement Department regarding the fact that they may be out of compliance with City Code because they have a canopy in their backyard.
City Code, which is based upon Fire Code, prohibits unattached tents or canopies. […]