Lawsuit threatened over parking dispute
BY FRANKLIN HAYES Gulf Breeze News franklin@gulfbreezenews.com

The disagreement over parking spaces in Harbourtown and Sea Green Center seems to envelop more people as it grows and creeps further from a solution.

Harbourtown Owners' Association President Randy Enzian wants the City of Gulf Breeze to handle the row.

"The only resolution I see is it escalating to the city level," Enzian said, referring to an easement that exists between the owners of the complexes that he wants to see enforced.

Trouble began recently when some say a car was improperly towed from Sea Green Center. There has even been speculation and accusation as to how many cars have been towed since "tow zone" signs began to appear in Sea Green Center some months ago.

However, Gulf Breeze Community Services and Code Inspector Shane Carmichael said the easement and the parking situation are not city issues.

"If there's a dispute, [interested parties] have to go before a civil judge," Carmichael said.

"Even if the city was apart of the agreement, there's nothing in code to enforce it," he said in reference to the easement that would allow Harbourtown visitors to use the Sea Green Center parking lot.

Chris Green, owner of Sea Green Center, maintained that he only towed one car belonging to Mart Medve of Trident Home Loans. Green refused to answer further questions about the easement and newly installed speed bumps in his parking lot.

Medve said he is still pursuing a lawsuit against Green to recoup his expenses for the towed car, who he says was being driven by his mother at the time.