MONTGOMERY -- City residents who park a vehicle in a front yard will have to pay a $50 fine for each violation starting this week.

The Montgomery City Council approved a revised residential parking ordinance earlier this year that includes the fine. Vehicle owners were given a monthlong warning period in May. That has now ended.

The new ordinance allows the city's housing code inspectors to issue a citation on the spot for any vehicle found parked in a front yard.

Council members said the old ordinance was virtually unenforceable because a citation could be issued but not enforced for 10 days, allowing the owner to move the vehicle numerous times. The new law allows vehicles to be parked on the side of a home, as long as the home is not on a corner lot.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/06/montgomery_gets_tough_on_peopl.html

Okay I must be different than most people.  I fully believe if you own the house, and you own the land the house is sitting on, shouldn't be able to park you car on it anywhere you want.  Same goes for these communities that pass the rules about what kind of fence you put up, or what kind of tree you plant in your front yard.  My House, My land, My rules.  I don't tell you what you can do on your land, you don't tell me what to do on mine.  Sorry again I rant on.....I just have a big problem with this.   It was my hard made money that bought this house and front yard, why do you think you can tell me where to park my car.  GRRRR!!!!!