06/28/2026
Did you know Brandenburg has an ordinance that requires parking blocks?
Here's how I stumbled onto it. With Liberty Legal opening in a few months, I've started thinking about a sign upgrade and some exterior renovations for the building. I'd also heard the city recently had some issues with businesses over window clings on their storefronts, so before I spend the money I wanted to know exactly what's allowed, and I sat down and started reading through the zoning ordinances.
That's when I found Section 26.9. It says parking lots with double rows of spaces have to put wheel stops, those concrete blocks at the front of a space, between the rows. The idea behind them makes sense. They're there to keep a car from rolling too far forward and tapping the bumper of whoever's parked nose-to-nose in the row across from it. They also help keep the parking lot a bit more orderly when snow or something has temporarily covered up the lines in the lot. It only applies to lots where vehicles are parked directly across from each other, so a parking spot in front of a building at the sidewalk doesnt need them.
So here's my honest question for the page, does anybody know of a business in town with that kind of parking layout that actually has them?
Off the top of my head, I can't think of a single one. I'm pretty sure that giant lot shared by Kroger, Cox's hardware, and all those little businesses in there doesn't have them. I know the old Big Lots lot didn't, maybe now that it's reopened as Tractor Supply they've upgraded it for compliance, I don't know. And AutoZone didn't have them last time I was there.
I'm not stirring the pot. I'm just trying to do everything by the book before I open, and this one stuck out because youd think if the city was going to raise a stink over window clings they would be all over this type of thing as well. Figured y'all might know something I don't.
Drop it in the comments if you spot one. 🙂