Boynton Beach Is Fining a Handicapped Handyman $345 for Parking His Own Work Truck in His Own Driveway

A Boynton Beach man is fighting back after the city told him the work truck he has parked in his driveway for nearly half a century has suddenly become a problem. No warning, no grace period, no grandfathering. Just a $345 fine and a ticking clock.

Bali Ramnarace, a single father, handyman, and man who apparently has been parking without incident since roughly the Carter administration, now faces $75 per day in additional fines if he doesn’t move his 10-foot box truck off his own property. The truck, which he uses to haul supplies for his livelihood, checks nearly every box the city requires: single axle, under 16,000 pounds, well within size limits. The one disqualifying factor? It’s a truck. That’s it.

A Man, a Truck, and 45 Years of Peaceful Parking

Ramnarace, who is also handicapped, says the truck isn’t a nuisance but a necessity. Without it parked nearby, doing his job becomes significantly harder. He asked the city to grandfather in his vehicle given the decades of zero complaints. The city’s response was essentially: rules are rules, no exceptions, ever, for anyone, no matter how long.

When asked where he’s supposed to park it instead, the city offered no alternative. So residents are being told what they can’t do, with no guidance on what they can.

Boynton Beach’s Ordinance Casts a Wide Net

Under the city’s code, the list of vehicles banned from residential driveways is long and fairly aggressive: any truck, farm vehicle, semi-tractor, bus, dump truck, tow truck, anything over two axles (unless it’s an RV), or anything over 16,000 pounds (unless, again, it’s an RV, which apparently gets a special pass). The code essentially treats a small work truck the same as an 18-wheeler.

Ramnarace believes this is bigger than his driveway, and he has a point. For tradespeople who rely on their vehicles to earn a living, ordinances like this create a genuine hardship with no practical solution offered in return.

The city has declined further comment, citing pending litigation. The truck, for now, remains in legal limbo, right there in the driveway where it has always been.