New parking rules on S.O. residential streets?
Is there a time limit for parking on this street or is this supposed to apply to all residential streets in SO?
Not sure but she did indicate a "new parking rule" in S.O.
Although my neighbor and I are on the same street, I believe on her end, there are a few signs regarding parking hours due to the elementary school. I could be mistaken. On my end of the same street, there are no signs regarding parking hour rules because my home is the very near the END OF SCHOOL ZONE area (which we used to have a sign for but it has disappeared).
Your street has a 4 hour limitation From South Orange Avenue to University Court, according to the Village Code.
http://ecode360.com/11370476?highlight=turrell#11370476
I assume this is to prevent Seton Hall students from parking there all day.
michaelgoldberg said:
Your street has a 4 hour limitation From South Orange Avenue to University Court, according to the Village Code.
http://ecode360.com/11370476?highlight=turrell#11370476
I assume this is to prevent Seton Hall students from parking there all day.
If there are signs clearly stating that, that rule goes for homeowners as well? I find it a bit ridiculous that you MUST park in your driveway during certain time periods. I know this person and know she has an active life; in / out of home throughout the day. She has a VERY narrow driveway and it's tough for her to navigate that driveway many times a day, that's why she'll park in front of the house for a short period before going out again. This is the first time, according to her, she has been ticketed in front of her home. And because there are no decals for residents to indicate residents vs. students or those parking to walk to train, it gets confusing.
She did ask for and received via email a Court Dismissal Request to cancel her ticket. However, she said another neighbor observed a "white van moving slowly" down the street recording license plates.
This will become an issue.
Parking rules apply to everyone. Permits are available to those who don't have driveways, but the rest of us need to follow the signage. If the ticket was wrong, fight it. Otherwise pay it.
FilmCarp said:
Parking rules apply to everyone. Permits are available to those who don't have driveways, but the rest of us need to follow the signage. If the ticket was wrong, fight it. Otherwise pay it.
Yup. I am very careful to never leave my car on Academy for more than two hours during the week. The PA guys cruise the street regularly. As far as a Seton Hall area, this may be beginning of the year enforcement. I know there was a big hubbub last year (year before?) about cars being parked for hours in Tuxedo Park.
If I'm reading the OP correctly, the neighbor did not park for longer than allowed, but parked on two occasions on the same day, for short periods. This would (probably) pass under the old-school "chalk on the tire" system, but a system that simply records license #s can't distinguish two 1/2-hour parking periods, one a.m. & one p.m., from a single too-long period. Really not fair to residents or nonresidents, imo. If the purpose of the 4-hour limit is to ban day-long parking, this enforcement system seems to be casting way too wide a net.
Agree. I don't know the street in question, but seems to me if a vehicle is parked in a space and either pays the fare or adheres to the posted time limit, where that vehicle was parked previously should be irrelevant. If one is in a space for four hours and then moves across the street to another legal space that is available and vacant, what's the harm? After all, they've made the previous space available for someone else.
The Parking Authority is looking to justify all of its employees and their vehicles.
mjc said:
If I'm reading the OP correctly, the neighbor did not park for longer than allowed, but parked on two occasions on the same day, for short periods. This would (probably) pass under the old-school "chalk on the tire" system, but a system that simply records license #s can't distinguish two 1/2-hour parking periods, one a.m. & one p.m., from a single too-long period. Really not fair to residents or nonresidents, imo. If the purpose of the 4-hour limit is to ban day-long parking, this enforcement system seems to be casting way too wide a net.
^THIS^. She WAS NOT PARKED in front of her home more than the allowed time. That was the crux of her emailing me and others as a warning. She is filing the paperwork given to her to I guess "forgive" the ticket, but yes, that was the initial problem.
A few days ago, my neighbor emailed me regarding a parking ticket she had received while parked in front of her home in Montrose. She said she parked in front of her home twice in one day: once before noon and then again a bit after 4pm. Neither parking times were 4 hours or more but she said she received a ticket.
She called SOPD and said she was told that a "new parking system" was in place and police cars now scan/record license plates of cars parked on the street. If that license plate is parked anywhere on the same street after the parking time limit, a ticket will be automatically printed out. You cannot move your car to another spot or across the street to avoid the parking time limit. A resident or homeowner cannot get a permit, pass or call and tell the parking authority that a certain license plate would be parked on XXX Street during the day.
The first ticket is $45 and they increase each time you get another one for a parking offense. She said she was told try SOPD that as a S.O. resident, she would have to keep her car in the driveway from 8AM until 6PM Monday through Friday.
From neighbor: I am informing my neighbors and hope you can spread the information to your neighbors. None of my neighbors received a letter about the new way of recording the amount of time a car is parked on the street. I am hoping the information gets spread at the Block tomorrow- Yours, M
First, she said neither time was she parked 4 hours or more in front of her home but a ticket was issued. Secondly, WHAT THE HELL? Is this true? And if so, when were we going to be alerted to this? Although I park in my driveway, there have been many times due to work trucks needing use of my drive that I have parked in the street for more than 4 hours.
Sounds nutty to me but I'll await responses...