BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — A Boynton Beach handyman has been parking his work truck in the same spot - his driveway - for 45 years.
Now, Bali Ramnarace says he is in parking purgatory while hoping to find a solution.
“I make a living by this truck,” he said. “Without this truck, I can’t do what I do for 45 years, the same ritual.”
While the trucks have changed over the years, they’ve always been parked in the same driveway.
That’s until recently, when the city informed Ramnarace, who is 75 years old, that the truck could no longer be parked there.
Officials said the truck violates an ordinance in place in 2019.
Now Ramnarace is facing mounting fines after receiving a citation from the city.
Due to pending litigation, city officials did not want to answer Local 10’s questions on camera, instead releasing the following statement:
“The purpose of the oversized commercial vehicle ordinance is to help ensure neighborhood streets remain safe and accessible for residents, pedestrians, and emergency vehicles. These standards are applied consistently throughout the community.”
Ramnarace said he doesn’t understand the sudden enforcement, saying he doesn’t cause any trouble, only works and keeps to himself.
“I want to keep on working, I’m strong,” he said.
While Ramnarace said he’s physically not the man he used to be, as his body doesn’t move quite as well as it once did, his hands still know how to fix things, it’s just more difficult for him to get around these days.
“This is more convenient for me to get in my truck and go, because sometimes I can’t lift too much heavy loads with this damaged foot,” he said.
Ramnarace believes a good resolution would be to allow him to park in his driveway, basically grandfathering him in to keep his parking spot.
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