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Article Courtesy of Channel
5 WPTV
By Joel Lopez
Published January 23, 2026
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BOYNTON BEACH — Boynton Beach residents will soon face new restrictions on where
they can park vehicles on their own property, with violations potentially
resulting in citations starting Feb. 1.
The city's new parking ordinance aims to address what officials describe as
widespread parking issues in residential neighborhoods, where large vehicles,
cars have been parked in yards, on sidewalks and blocking roadways.
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"You pretty much have
to swerve around it and wait for other vehicles to pass.
There's some houses that are loitered with vehicles and that
sort of stuff, it's kind of an eyesore," said Boynton Beach
resident Kevin Sanchez, who supports the parking changes.
Under the new rules, vehicles will only be allowed in
driveways or parked horizontally at the end of driveways
without blocking sidewalks. Long-term parking on streets or
in yards will be prohibited, as will oversized trucks like
18-wheelers, and inoperable vehicles with flat tires, broken
windows or missing license plates.
"I'm actually in favor of it, because I believe it does
bring property values up," Sanchez said.
However, some residents oppose the changes, saying they
moved to areas without homeowners associations specifically
to avoid such restrictions.
Logan Poirier said city codes are costing him tens of
thousands of dollars in modifications to his property. |
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Boynton Beach residents will soon face new
restrictions on where they can park vehicles on their own property,
with violations potentially resulting in citations starting Feb. 1.
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"We're redoing our grass, because the city told us to, and we had to expand
our driveway, because the city told us to," Poirier said. "We purposefully
bought in this neighborhood, because the city wasn't going to do a bunch of
things, there was no HOA. And now it's turning into something that seems way
more than necessary, as far as restrictions go."
WPTV took his concerns to his Boynton Beach District Commissioner Thomas Turkin.
He said the new ordinances respond to years of resident complaints and concerns
that blocked roads create obstacles for first responders.
"We just want all of our residents to hold themselves accountable, hold each
other accountable and ultimately, if that doesn't happen, the city then needs to
hold people accountable," Turkin said.
Turkin said he prefers taking an educational approach before issuing citations,
though enforcement decisions will ultimately rest with code enforcement and the
city manager's office.
"I'm pretty confident that code enforcement will be reasonable, subjective and
work with a lot of these homeowners in a different fashion than HOAs will,"
Turkin said.
The ordinance includes one exception: temporary parking in yards is permitted
for social or other events at residences, provided the parking doesn't exceed 12
hours in a 24-hour period.
Some residents remain frustrated with the new restrictions.
"We literally can't park our cars anywhere except for our yards and if you don't
have a driveway, you're screwed," said resident Cristina Super. "We're not in an
HOA, so stop being bullies."
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