Gotta keep those garage sales in check...
Baldwin Park officials have been taking a lot of measures lately to get rid of blight and clean up the city's image.
You may remember an ordinance passed earlier this year requiring all business that offer shopping carts to customers to install a cart containment system to keep abandoned carts off city streets.
Then there was the ban on all new check-cashing businesses and payday loan centers. The city is hoping to eventually phase them all out over time.
Now, the city is cracking down on garage sales. Here's a list of strict guidelines the City Council will consider imposing tonight:
1. Garage sales shall be limited to the hours of 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
2. No garage sale shall be conducted, and no goods or merchandise sold or offered at any garage sale shall be displayed on any public sidewalk, parkway, alley or street
3. Goods and merchandise sold or offered at any garage sale shall not be displayed before 7 a.m. and shall be completely removed from the premises by 4 p.m.
BP laying down the law....
Comments
When a city goes out of its way to improve its image there are usually larger business interests at play. I can't help but to think that the uppity Latino council is doing its best to shed its barrio image...and the city is a metaphor for its leaderships thirst for upward mobility.
Is this wrong? Not necessarily. But lets call it what it is.
Posted by: us | May 7, 2008 3:11 PM