Try to notice it the registration plate sticker is expired on any of these as well as the window inspection stickers. I'd be happy to pay a small fee for any of the cars and tow them away.

John - Why should we pay you to tow them? The owners will have to pay you to get them back - that should be good enough.

Tim, you may have read that wrong. I think he stated that HE would pay a small fee once he is told that they have expired DMV info. Also, the city will come and tow any of these away if they are no longer inspected and registered. We have had it done before.

Dave, you are correct, I will pay the owners of the cars (if they can be found) for the cars and tow them away and scrap them. It's what I do. Give me a call, 610-384-7476. John

Dave and John - Thanks for the clarification. You say that one can can the city and have the cars towed - but who exactly does one talk to?

I assume that temporary tags also apply here (since they also expire).

Dave and John - Thanks for the clarification. You say that one can call the city and have the cars towed - but who exactly does one talk to at city hall to make that happen?

I assume that temporary tags also apply here (since they also expire).

If any part of the vehicle is on city property, the street, sidewalk, etc., call the police. If it is private property, call the codes department. You can call 610-384-2300 for the police and 610-384-0300 for codes.

Thanks Marie!

No problem. I've been through it before

I would also suggest taking pictures. One of the major issues with the City is denial. They put their head in the sand and pretend not to see it. Now if the vehicles aren't up to date and registered then to Marie's point call the City however if they aren't on personal property you have to call the CPD. Also if they are blocking access to emergency vehicles then it's an issue as well i brought this up near my home. Are there no parking signs anywhere? Are the vehincles up to date on registration? If not then complain take pics. Last course of action is coming to City Council. Public officials are like roaches when you turn the lights on. They scatter and try to hide. However when you have the press there and the minutes are being recorded funny thing happens - this issue gets resolved as Marie and I both know. Focus on emergency access more then anything because getting Codes to do something is like pushing a glacier.

I just drove past these cars, there is more than 10, most of them either have an expired inspection sticker or expired registration. I can't say for sure but I recall overhearing a conversation about a local repair shop that didn't have enough room to keep all his customers cars on his property and stashed them up at Millview, especially the ones that the people never came back and paid for. I have a feeling that these are the cars they were talking about. Contact the city codes dept. if nothing happens call Flings towing, that's who the city will call to tow them anyway. Otherwise I think that you will see them there for a long time.

Hi John - Then I would I contact Ed Simpson your ward representative and bring it to his attention. Here is his contact info:

Coatesville City Council President
Edward Simpson
Ward: First Ward
esimpson@coatesville.org
(484) 364-1704 (cell)

You could get a PD Unit and take a look and run a couple of the plates. This may help to validate what you heard about local repair shop.

If he doesn't call you back then I would take some digital pics and email him as well as come to City Council next Monday to discuss in detail.

Matt

Good grief, these cars are STILL there.

This is free money Coatesville. Ticket the cars. While your at it, drive through Millview Drive as well. There are three cars that have either expired registration or inspection.

IT"S FREE MONEY COATESVILLE

It's been a month since the last comment. Are these vehicles still there??

Yes they are and it's looking worse! The red SUV has a flat tire and the silver sedan has a broken rear window. There is absolutely no way some of these vehicles are street legal. It's starting to look like a ghetto!

If someone was to post a ad on Craigslist under the free column and list the address of the vehicles they would be gone within hours. Some scrappers will take a car without the title or keys. I'm not saying this is the best way to go but after all these months does it really matter?

I did reach out to the Millview Homeowner association about this a couple of weeks ago. Michael Richards did say that he contacted the Coatesville PD about it. Either he didn't - or the PD didn't bother to follow up.

Just to give you an idea of just how long these cars have been there, some are shown in Microsoft's Bing Aerial maps. Attached is a picture that shows some of the offending vehicles that I've circled. Of course there are lots more there now.

How about this, write down as many of the license plate numbers as you can, call the police and say that a vehicle is blocking your driveway. When they respond ask them to run some of the tag numbers and come up with some names and addresses, from there it is possible to go on line to obtain a phone number. if you could call some of these vehicle owners and ask them what auto repair garage did they take their car to for repairs. if more than one of them give the same garage name then bingo, that is the person that towed these cars there and is responsible. This is the long road, like I said earlier the short road is to just put an ad on Craigslist for a group of free scrap cars as is. Just the address, no phone number, they will be gone in 2-3 hours, also get some white shoe polish and write the word tow on the cars windshields. Sometimes the only way to get results is to take matters into your own hands. People from City Hall don't have to see these vehicles out front of their house everyday, you folks do!

These cars are still there... so annoying

The issue has been resolved! Much thanks to the Coatesville city police department

Wow. I'm SHOCKED this was finally taken care of.

Now if only the city would come around and street sweep the area that those cars occupied ;)