No free parking, go to directly to the poorhouse, do not pass go and do not collect $200

So thats how the city is going to punish Seminole Heights, by trying to run out one of the successful and more popular businesses. Over on the Seminole Heights blog theres been a lot of talk regarding the parking issue at Cappy's pizza. Not sure how much is truth and how much is just rumor and conjecture, but someone mentioned that to meet the permit standard for occupancy the number is based on square footage, so the requirement would be on the order of 70 spaces. 70, is that a typo? The car lots that dot Florida Ave have been very creative with parking on their lots and if you bulldozed the building and made a parking lot on the site instead, I'd bet that even those creative buyherepayhere dudes couldn't fit 70 cars on a lot that sized. Here's an idea for fund-raiser have a contest on how creatively you could fit 70 spots at Cappys, or any other single lot in Seminole Heights. Best way in the world to keep businesses down in Seminole Heights is applying these outrageous parking requirements. Palma Ceia Beef O Bradys is a comparably sized restaurant and they at best have about 10 spots and maybe another 10 shared with the other businesses in the building. Maybe that part of Tampa has "special" codes. And if parking was such an issue, why don't they do something about the residences that have parking lots in their front yards, 4 and 5 cars for a single family house. Or better yet, how about the county employee that parks beneath the no parking signs on Idlewild most nights. Don't apply unrealistic standards to the neighborhood please. I haven't been to Cappy's, but it seems to be pretty busy most of the time, so I reckon theyre doing something right.