Grayton Beach auto traffic all jammed up: meetings & proposals

[jjnole04]

the state does provide plenty of parking, at the state park....

 

[Matt J]

i cant believe someone would blame oli or henry or any other biz owner there. i guess someone has to be blamed when one cant come up with a solution of there own.

Some of the folks that live in the old Grayton area that are descendents from some of the original Grayton Beach settlers ...will now have only one way out from Garfield and Banefil ...Lydia...a narrow, a very narrow two lane road if they make Hotz one way. These folks will also be sharing this narrow road with the "NIGHT TRAFFIC" doing their round and round drive around looking for a place to park. This possible solution to help the parking down on Hotz will be causing those home owners and renters to be locked in with only one way out. (Not even bringing up the other dirt "path" outlet.) You know a small community can only give up so much, ...and that is why we met with the County to seek out a solution ....a solution that is fair to everyone. It took the blocked fire engine to make the county realize that there was a problem.

So going down Hotz Ave from East to West is currently a Sunday drive?

 

[Smiling JOe]

I guess the "small vehicle only" signs really don't mean anything since mostly there are long vehicles with their rear end sticking out into the streets.

 

[Matt J]

I guess the "small vehicle only" signs really don't mean anything since mostly there are long vehicles with their rear end sticking out into the streets.

Sheriff Adkinson explained that. Since there isn't an actual ordinance the signs mean nothing.

 

[Kurt]

GRAYTON BEACH NEIGHBOHOOD ASSOCIATION: Parking on Hotz Update

A group of concerned Grayton residents held a meeting to work on coming up with a solution to the parking woes on Hotz street. Their goal was to come up with suggested solutions that would be better for the Grayton Community other than turning Hotz into a one way street. This group was not formed under the GBNA. The GBNA bylaws (can be read on blog) prevented us from doing that with out a majority approval of our membership. Time did not allow us to do a mailout.
The group met on September 2nd and brain stormed as many ideas as possible. Then the group drew up a letter to hand deliver to Commissioner Jones on Sept. 8th......

 

[Smiling JOe]

No disrespect intended toward the Sheriff, but if a vehicle is obstructing traffic, there certainly is something that can be done. Many of the vehicles parked on Hotz during the busy season are in fact obstructing traffic as the back 1/4 of the vehicles are parked in the street.

 

[liquorqueen]

Isn't there a vacant lot next to Red Bar? Perhaps that could be leased for temporary parking.

Yes, there is a vacant lot next door, which is owned by one of the owners of the Red Bar, Lloyd Blue. Funny...how he isn't offering its' use...

 

[jodiFL]

Yes, there is a vacant lot next door, which is owned by one of the owners of the Red Bar, Lloyd Blue. Funny...how he isn't offering its' use...

ya know, there is a possibility that he owns and is trying to get approval for the "parking lot" that people seem to want him to build on his little piece of "sand dune".

EDIT" but he DOES have the right to build another "sleeps 24+" house on that lot.... makes you wonder where all of THOSE folks will park.

 

[Just Curious]

Yes, there is a vacant lot next door, which is owned by one of the owners of the Red Bar, Lloyd Blue. Funny...how he isn't offering its' use...

I believe that there is a land use issue. The current land use will not allow a parking lot. And the county isn't issuing any changes until they get done with the EAR, which is another issue.

 

[TechPyle]

I don't know how big the lot is but if it is used as parking it would also have to have storm water, and other material. Would one lot be large enough to make a difference?