LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas church’s members said the hundreds of illegally parked cars happen once a year, but lifelong neighbors disagree and are alarmed about a county vote on the property’s expansion.
The Hamere Noah Kidane Mihret & Saint Michael Ethiopian Orthodox Church held a morning holiday ceremony, which neighbors say brought over 600 cars, most parked illegally amid county “no parking” signs.
Neighbors called 8 News Now to see the parking, which covered over a mile, blocking all of South Lindell Road to West Russell Road. One member said the parking was illegal according to the signs, but not an issue because the county was not enforcing the “no parking” rules.
“We respect and appreciate the diversity in our neighborhood,” Daria Wu, a neighbor, said. “However, it seems that the congregation might have outgrown the infrastructure that our neighbor can support.”…