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I live in a residential area in Philadelphia located across the street from a church on one side and a public school on another side. Neither the church nor the school have a parking lot but the school is not my concern. The church used to meet Sundays, Tuesday nights, and Thursday nights. Therefore, it was difficult to park these nights until almost 10 pm. However, it was only for 3 nights a week. Now, the church meets almost every night, with the exception being Sat. & Sun, when they just meet in the day. They also meet in the daytime as well but come at all different hours. Basically, it is horrendous for my neighbors & myself to park. If we are not home before 6 pm, there is a good chance that we will be unable to go to sleep until after 10 pm because we will need to sometimes walk several blocks to move our cars when the church people are there. I've heard rumors from other neighbors that some of their other churches have closed & that is why more people are coming to this church & I've also heard that they are now renting out the property (which would explain them meeting both days & nights with no real set hours). Therefore, can we do anything about this dilemma? Isn't there some type of law that prohibits a church from being located in a residential area or near a school without a parking lot? Can the neighbors take up a petition? Thank you so much for any information that can be provded!
I live in a residential area in Philadelphia located across the street from a church on one side and a public school on another side. Neither the church nor the school have a parking lot but the school is not my concern. The church used to meet Sundays, Tuesday nights, and Thursday nights. Therefore, it was difficult to park these nights until almost 10 pm. However, it was only for 3 nights a week. Now, the church meets almost every night, with the exception being Sat. & Sun, when they just meet in the day. They also meet in the daytime as well but come at all different hours. Basically, it is horrendous for my neighbors & myself to park. If we are not home before 6 pm, there is a good chance that we will be unable to go to sleep until after 10 pm because we will need to sometimes walk several blocks to move our cars when the church people are there. I've heard rumors from other neighbors that some of their other churches have closed & that is why more people are coming to this church & I've also heard that they are now renting out the property (which would explain them meeting both days & nights with no real set hours). Therefore, can we do anything about this dilemma? Isn't there some type of law that prohibits a church from being located in a residential area or near a school without a parking lot? Can the neighbors take up a petition? Thank you so much for any information that can be provded!