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87 Garland Street is registered as a 2 family home. The owner lives on the 2nd floor and renters on the 1st floor. I have counted 3 different families who are making the 1st floor their home. I think there is a law against overcrowding and overpopulation of rental apartments. 87 Garland Street is a residential property that has 6-8 off street parking spots available for use, however; the owner does not allow the tenants to park in these spots instead he opts to let them take up all available off street spots leaving the rest of the neighborhood (Property owners / Tax payers) without any place to park. The 75-91 block of Garland has 11 multi family homes and 3 single family homes. According to zoning ordinances (2 spots per unit) An estimated 52 off street spots are needed for parking. A quick estimate of driveways in the area show parking availability for 35 cars. There are approximately 11 off street spaces available. So in total the 75-91 Block of Garland Street can handle 46 vehicles (IF EVERYONE FOLLOWS THE RULES) as you can see by running the numbers parking is at a shortage up here. According to city zoning ordinance Landlords are required to provide to tenants 2 off street parking spots. How do we go about getting the CITY TO ENFORCE ZONING ORDINANCES and FORCE LANDLORDS TO PROVIDE 2 OFFSTREET PARKING SPOTS TO THEIR TENANTS?