Temporary Parking?

[blinkidybah.livejournal.com]

Hey everybody, I looked through some of the old parking posts and couldn't quite find what I was looking for, so I'll just ask. :)

I'm moving up to Somerville next weekend from out of state, and bringing my car. I'm going to get in late Saturday, which means it's going to be a couple days at least before I can get my car licensed, insured, and all that good stuff... but our apartment is on a permit-only street. My roomie's already got a permit, since she lives up there now, but isn't sure wtf I should do.

I checked the Somerville website and was going to call but they're closed for the day, so I'm wondering if anyone knows if there's some kind of permit I could get for a week (I know there's visitor permits, but those are 2-day only, right?). Also, they want proof of residence but won't accept a lease... does that mean my roomie needs to sign up for utilities in my name so I can get some kind of paper trail?

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[blinkidybah.livejournal.com]

I didn't even think about the bank thing. Good idea!

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

You don't need a parking permit to register your car or get insurance.

[mrpet.livejournal.com]

You are fine on Sat (use the permit), Sunday no permits are required and one more day gets you safe to Tues. Now I parked on a vistor permit all the time for years before I ever got a ticket (at my then girlfriend's place in Davis.) If you get in after 6pm just park at a meter and then you are safe to Weds.

Have your roommie go in and get a couple of the green temp. permits you can get for a party and you are good for another day as well.

Monday go to the DMV and start the process to get your in state license. You will need three proofs for that. Old license is proof of picture, SSN card is proof of signature and birth cert is proof if citizenship. If you have a passport you can use it as one instead. If you do be prepared to handle the no SSN card no service crap that I had to go through. Never mind the fact that it is against federal law to use it as a form of id. If something goes wrong you still have Tues to fix it.

Have fun transferring your car over. They tried to make me pay taxes on my over 4 year old car as if it were new since they do not recognize duplicate titles (if you ever financed the car and the bank lost the title you get a dup one)

Lease is just fine for proof, none of the utilities are in my name so I brought that, my drivers license with my new address on it and a piece of mail.

[blinkidybah.livejournal.com]

I've got all the stuff for my driver's license, I think (SSN card and everything) since my home state is a bastard about all of that as well.

Yeah the registration is a bit confusing (they also don't have the form up on the RMV site that I can find). I'll need insurance beforehand, but do I need to get it inspected beforehand also?

Awesome, glad to know

Thanks!

[blacktigr.livejournal.com]

Actually, as my husband and I found out, you need *4* proofs of identity for an out-of-towner moving here. It was a big PITA to get a copy of our lease/bank statement/utility bill that is current, but if you have one of those, it should cover it.

[blinkidybah.livejournal.com]

So if I bring my SSN-Card, my out-of-state drivers license, my birth cert, my new lease and maybe a credit card statement I'll be okay?

[blacktigr.livejournal.com]

These are the official rules from the website, but I know for a fact that I have been kicked out of the line 3 times (once for me, once for my husband, and once for a friend who moved here) for not having 4 forms of ID. Soc, picture, signature, and something with the address. They want to check all of that off on their list before they'll give you a driver's license.

http://www.mass.gov/rmv/license/AcceptableId.pdf
http://www.mass.gov/rmv/license/id_brochure.pdf


From the last link, the required documents for an out-of-state conversion.

• SSN Card or valid, current U.S. or Non-
U.S. Passport
• Document proving date of birth
• Document proving signature
• Document Proving Massachusetts
residency
• Out-of-state License* (may also be used as
a document to prove date of birth or
signature, but cannot be used for both.)
* If the out-of-state License does not have a
photo, an acceptable photo ID from the list of
acceptable documents is required.

[blinkidybah.livejournal.com]

cool beans then, I should be okay :)

[blacktigr.livejournal.com]

I certainly hope so. Good luck! The Chinatown RMV is a real experience. (PS: to do a conversion, you have to go there instead of the one in the mall.)

Incidentally, the reason we got kicked out of the RMV was first for lack of proof of residence, second time for proof of signature/date of birth and for the third guy? They didn't take his two-month old utility bill. Be careful with what you bring. ;)

[mrpet.livejournal.com]

You need your registration to get your inspection sticker.

[narya.livejournal.com]

Ask your new roomie to take a walk around and see if there are any non-permit streets near your new place. I've found that there are a surprising number of them.

A list of the permit streets is here (http://www.somervillema.gov/CoS_Content/documents/ListofPermitStreets.pdf) which might also be helpful.

[smammy]

Somerville T&P offers a permit for people in just your situation:

"Out-of-State Resident Moving into Somerville (14 days) no charge - This pass allows time for the new resident to acquire a change of vehicle registration to Somerville and obtain a parking permit for their new location."

See: http://www.somervillema.gov/section.cfm?org=traffic&page=916

(Proper order of operations for getting your parking questions answered: somervillema.gov, 311, THEN DSLJ!)

[blinkidybah.livejournal.com]

Oh man I absolutely could not find that page. I figured 'events' meant festivals or something else. But that's exactly what I need, thank you!

[smammy]

Yeah, tricky right? I guess I'm used to just clicking on every single link since their site is so poorly organized.

[zaarwin-devolve.livejournal.com]

I moved to Somerville last August and didn't have a permit for a couple of weeks. As others said, just get a two-week permit and take it from there. Two weeks should be enough to get everything in order if you do your homework.

As for proof of residence, I'm pretty sure that I was able to show a checkbook with the Somerville address printed on it, or something along that line.