From time to time, the discussion is renewed on the issue of the right of the owner of the house, or the tenant of the commercial store, to prevent others from exploiting the site in front of the house, whether by stopping their vehicles or others.
This time, the discussion erupted on social media following a video clip of a house owner in Jeddah, who closed the area adjacent to his house with chains, was published. To prevent the parking of vehicles, with the followers questioning his right to do so.
The spokesman for the Jeddah Municipality, Muhammad Al-Baqmi, confirmed toNews 24“It is forbidden to infringe by closing the street in order to reserve parking, indicating that the Municipality had taken the necessary measures at the time, and removed them.
For his part, the former Secretary of the Traffic Safety Committee, Engineer Sultan Al-Zahrani, explained that the parking spot in the street in front of the house is the property of the municipality, and that the behavior of the house owner to close the adjacent area was a mistake, and that the secretariats immediately removed such infringements.
He added that he once saw a house owner attacking a person who parked his car in front of his house, describing this as a mistake, especially at homes near mosques, where cars park in front of them for no more than half an hour.
Al-Zahrani stressed the need to educate community members regarding such behavior, as the street does not belong to anyone, pointing out that raising awareness of this matter for all is more important than implementing violations.
