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BLOOMINGTON - The legal process to end a neighborhood dispute over a man's collection of cars in the 1200 block of Seminary Street has taken another step - to Morris Avenue - and some neighbors aren't happy.

Kevin Wilburn had been storing up to 14 vehicles on Julie Hernandez's property in the 1200 block of Seminary Street in violation of city ordinances. Now the couple has met court-ordered requirements for licensing the vehicles and moved them, assistant city attorney Hannah Eisner said Thursday.

In August, a McLean County judge gave Hernandez 20 days to remove or license the vehicles on her land. The 20 days expired Thursday.

The cars have been moved to the street along Morris Avenue, north of Seminary Street, and that has displeased the neighbors.

One neighbor, Virginia Lockwood, said her son has taken to parking his truck in front of her house so her guests have a place to park.

Ward 7 Alderman Steven Purcell said he has received a number of complaints from neighbors in that area.

"With all the cars he does have on the street, it limits parking for his neighbors," Purcell said. "So is he going to play checkers with them moving them around again?"

Under city ordinance vehicles parked on the street must be moved every 24 hours.

Purcell has been pushing for a rewrite of the city's parking ordinances.

The city has been trying to get Wilburn and Hernandez to get rid of the cars. Sometimes nine to 14 cars had been parked at a time on her property.

Previously, neighbors to Wilburn on the 500 block of Lee Street experienced a similar situation when Wilburn began parking several vehicles in his car collection along the street there.

Eisner said the city is reviewing the matter and considering a next step, such as creating permit parking on Morris Avenue.

Hernandez has until Nov. 1 to pay $6,200 in fines issued by a McLean County jury last month for the ordinance violations. The tickets were issued to her in March and May for having several unlicensed and inoperable vehicles on her property.

Efforts to contact Wilburn and Hernandez on Thursday were unsuccessful.

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