If you've

been using the parking lot surrounding The Gazebo in

downtown Fayetteville as a used car dealership, beware.

Your car

may not be there when you return one of these days soon.

Fayette

County commissioners Monday unanimously agreed to allow

the city of Fayetteville to enforce parking restrictions

at the gazebo.

"We've

had a lot of complaints from people that they can't find

a parking spot," said Fayetteville city manager Mike

Bryant. "It's supposed to be two-hour parking."

Drivers not

only often leave cars in the parking lot with "for

sale" signs on them, in effect turning the parking

area into a used car lot, but also leave their cars at

The Gazebo all day to go to work, Bryant said.

"We

have that problem all over the city, not just

there," said Bryant. But it's an added problem at

The Gazebo, because many people need to use the lot so

they can shop at downtown businesses.

The city

owns The Gazebo, all that remains of the former Jack Day

Park, and the county owns the 200- by 200-foot parking

strip that surrounds it, though there is an easement that

allows municipal parking.

To be on

the safe side, the city asked the county's permission

before beginning enforcement, Bryant said in a letter to

county officials.

The city

will warn potential violators with signs stating that

"motor vehicles parked on this property for rthe

purpose of selling or advertising for sale shall be towed

and store at the vehicle owner's expense," he said.

Bryant said

he also will ask the City Council to consider clarifying

and tightening up its parking ordinances during the

group's Nov. 1 meeting, 7 p.m. at City Hall.

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