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[curiositykt.livejournal.com]

Yet another question about snow/winter/parking...

I live near ball square in an odd no man's land between Medford and Somerville. I am a resident of neither (by choice) and I generally don't have too much trouble finding street parking.. unless it snows..

Does anyone know of a place where there is overnight parking for non residents in this area during snow season? In the past I used to just park my car in alewife overnight, but they aren't currently allowing this due to construction..

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[jenaflynn.livejournal.com]

Ohhh.. I live on a similar street (Morrison Ave). Nothing irks me more, then someone from elsewhere in Somerville who parks on our street (Using their resident permit) so they can then shortcut over to the Davis T stop. (We're like 30 seconds away.) Really annoying to dig out a spot, and come home to find out that someone from the other side of town is parked in that space.

[ron_newman]

But how do you know the car is from somewhere else in the city?

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

I thought we established that the number on Somerville parking stickers is both the month of expiration and an indicator of the neighborhood where the car is registered.

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

I dug out my car and my sister's yesterday (~2.5 hours digging including sidewalks) and both spots were gone within two minutes of our leaving them. I do hope that they've been vacated when I get home from work, but if not I'll put on my hazards, unload the kids and their stuff, and go park somewhere else; that's life in the big city if you don't have a driveway.

p.s. Ron, you look for a different number (expiration month) on the parking sticker. We're 8 so if there's a 1 resident sticker, you know that they don't live on your street. Anyone know if there's a map of these numbers publicly available? Or the visitor pass letters for that matter?

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

you look for a different number (expiration month) on the parking sticker

That can't be correct, because people who move here at different times get different stickers, it's not based on location.

I should know, everyone in my neighborhood has different numbers.

[aquaflame16.livejournal.com]

In my experience that is not the case. (Maybe it has changed?)
People get whatever sticker is for the area they moved into (when they move into Somerville, not from another part) regardless of when they move. Ex: When I moved into Somerville it was November. I moved into an area with February renewal, so even though it was only 3 months away, I still got a 2 sticker (and then had to renew in February).

I'm not completely sure what happens when you move from one part of Somerville to another, though . . . I think you might have to switch over to the new one when the old one expires?

Maybe you just have lots of people who have moved from different parts of Somerville recently?

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Maybe you just have lots of people who have moved from different parts of Somerville recently?

Not likely, in my neighborhood.

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Them using different ones to designate different neighborhoods doesn't seem to be the case, because I got my first one living by the secret donut shop, in may.

I renewed in may, with my new address, way over by McGrath highway, and still have a five sticker.

Additionally, what would be the rationale for having them based on neighborhood, seeing how somerville resident stickers are good for the whole city, unlike malden's, which ARE districted?

while it's frustrating, it's legal:

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

The RESIDENTIAL sticker is good for all posted streets within the city and not just the street where you live.
http://www.somervillema.gov/section.cfm?org=traffic&page=138

Re: while it's frustrating, it's legal:

[apricot3.livejournal.com]

Hey! i know both pierceheart and kt and just wanted to state this. i just moved from frommy's up to ball square myself, near Kelly's Diner :)
*wavies*