Unfortunately the city and TPD don’t care, me and another gentlemen have complained myself for the last 2 years and they never do anything to correct it, seems like TPD would rather have 5 cop cars sitting at the neighborhood center on 99. It must not be part of the quota that they need to reach each month as it’s a parking infraction and not an actual moving violation :/ I see people have to push the stroller in the street to move around these cars along with disabled people in motorized wheelchairs, these people who park here don’t give a crap on who it affects.

Not only that but these idiots also knocked down the light pole there and the Cory has yet to replace it or hold those drivers responsible.

Thank you for reporting this though.

Oh that's normal. That sidewalk is usually covered in cars.

Then the store owner needs a ticket for allowing it

The store owner told police officer Devin that it wasnt his problem. So the store and restaurant owner dont care.
I say the business licenses should be revoked for lack of parking

This is getting beyond ridiculous! Henry Has you rejected my comment earlier or another mod , can you please tell me who I can contact directly about this issue ? It needs to be dealt with because someone is going to be seriously injured due to these inconsiderate people because someone will be in the street to get around the cars and could be injured.

Jose and I have commented on this issue before and it’s always dismissed. Something needs to be done.

So I was coming home from Southcenter and stopped at the new cross walk by the mosque and there was a TPD car sitting on the other side going the opposite direction and as I started back up and drove past this area there are 3 cars parked on the sidewalk and not one parking ticket.
The TPD officers do not even stop to write the tickets ( only 1 I know of does consistently)
That's how much they care to get this resolved. But wait the city will be using taxpayer's money to settle a lawsuit when someone gets hurt.

I want to know how they got the license in the first place if the site doesn't meet code standards. A bigger questions is" do they even have a license". Its ridiculous !!

Face it. The city of Tukwila really couldn't care less about these issues. They would rather see someone get hurt first which gives them reason to finally take some action. They need PHYSICAL evidence to prove it is a hazard. They're too busy spending the taxpayers money on their new building and Fire Stations. Someone could lose their life.

They're probably planning on waiting until the new Police Station is finished. Then they'll be closer to the problem and will have no excuse not to do their job.

I see a lot of vehicles parked on this sidewalk often. Also on 37th Ave S cars a always parked in a no parking zone and police don't do anything. I have been documenting the Tukwila Police Dept not doing their jobs and ignoring certain laws that are being broken. This is just another example... we should all be taking pics of the vehicles parked there with day and time stamps on the pics to document this issue as ongoing and ignored.

I have pics and I’ve also called it into the non emergency police line and nothing

I took and sent pictures even called it in everytime I saw the infractions but very very very rarely a thing done mostly told there wasnt an infraction. I even had pictures of cars parked right under a no parking sign and was told there wasnt an infraction.
I always thought if the minor laws were taken care of the bigger ones might not happen because people would know there was a police presence.

Yes that is the problem with Tukwila PD they don't enforce or cant enforce the smaller infractions so the criminals don't feel any pressure or police presence and they do whatever they want.
Same goes with the parking infractions too!

Eric Hines assigned this issue to Eric Hines

Your request regarding illegal parking has been closed.
I found one car, and ticketed the angry driver, several of the restaurant folks came out and I informed everyone not to park on the sidewalk

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Tukwila Police Department

Thank you. Maybe they will get the hint. But I still think the bigger question is " do they have a license for that kind of business and if they do, how come? They surely don't meet code requirements for parking.

These people have been ticket before and yet still do it that is not a permenant solution to this problem.
I agree with Sharon these businesses do not meet the code for parking therefore thier business license should be revoked or at least not renewed.

Yea ticketing one car and closing this complaint works there are 8 cars on the sidewalk right now.

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How come you guys can’t put that spot on a permanent beat to hep ensure they don’t park on the sidewalks ?

Why do these people get to constantly break the law ?

The same people all the time, and if you ask them to move they tell you to get out of their neighborhood followed by the n word and are rude when you ask the. To move nicely.

Eric Hines is love to know who to escalate this problem to I don’t mind coming and talking to someone about it I just need to know who, and maybe Jose and live in and work in Tukwila would like to join forces and talk to someone regarding this

Open

I reopened because I drove by this place 4 times today and there were up to 9 cars parked on the sidewalk at one time.
This really starts happening about 4 in the afternoon.

Jose thank you for staying on this.

We need to all go to city council meetings and let them and the mayor know what issues we are having.

I’m all for that, a group will be heard over far better then just one person

Check it out,man! There are Council Meetings on Mondays. I'm not sure what time, but give City Hall a call and find out. This is the kind of thing that the Mayor needs to hear from the public involved. Most likely the only way to get it resolved. Go For It!

Your request regarding illegal parking has been closed.
I wrote the car in the picture yesterday, and continue to check and write those I find.

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This was taken yesterday.

Sorry wrong attachment photo in last post!

Later in the evening and on weekends there are upto 6 cars parked on the sidewalk sometimes. If Police department has time to post on Facebook they have time to ticket these vehicles. I see TPD suv patrol vehicles pass by this area with cars parked here all the time and they don't ticket also they are not ticketing illegally parked vehicles on 37th ave S as well they just drive by and don't stop.

Just drove by, saturday morning 11:45, 3 cars parked on the sidewalk

Your request regarding illegal parking has been closed.
No vehicles on location now, I will check back through the day and the rest of my work week for violators.

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Tukwila Police Department

I was wondering why other officers cant ticket these vehicles on nights, weekends/or when your not around? I see a lot of TPD vehicles drive by this area and other illegally parked vehicles in the area and just ignore them. I know they might be on other calls but to constantly ignore the illegal parking and unsafe parking is unacceptable, something needs to be done and it's not getting done. Like on the corner of 37th ave S and S 142nd St cars are always parked illegally and it creates an unsafe blind spot but TPD officers drive by and do nothing about it on a consistent basis...mostly the same cars are always parking on this corner.

Because they simply don’t care nor want to do anything about it. Even when called into the non emergency line nothing gets done , cause then the drive by the next day in the early am when no one is parked there. It’s funny cause I give my name and number every time I call it in and they ask for the number in case the cops have questions, they never do.

What really needs to happen is first find out if they have a license for the business they are conducting. If they do, then how are they meeting the parking requirements? I see little to none in the way of parking. Maybe 2 spaces for two businesses that require way more parking than that.

The Major/City doesn't really care or are not creative/smart enough or maybe motivated enough to deal with the issues in this part of Tukwila. Just look around this part of Tukwila looks like garbage.

Your request regarding illegal parking has been closed.
I will be checking on this location. I always ticket them as well. I don't know what other officers are doing and why aren't enforcing the sidewalk. I have spoken to various City departments, and the sidewalk parking doesn't impact the restaurant business license.

I would suggest to call 911 when you see the problem. Posting on See Click Fix is great, but generally only a very few see the issues. I do spread the word about enforcement as much as I can.

Calling 911 generates calls for service, a statistic that can be brought up to city hall for resolution through abatement perhaps. However with no long list of calls to 911 for service there is no data to show it is a problem.

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Tukwila Police Department