guest parking passes - zoned?

[kalimba21.livejournal.com]

I believe that guest passes are zoned - that is they must be used in the area where they are issued.

The other day I saw a car with a parking ticket - saying no permit - but they had a guest pass. It was on my street - a different looking guest pass than mine, but the address on the guest pass was two houses down but around the corner - possibly a different zone.

So... I know I'm on the edge of 3 wards, Do the guest passes coincide with the wards? Does anyone know if there is a map, and if I must have my guests park within my zone? This is all new to me as we used to have casual parking. Any insight would be appreciated.

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[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

So which is it -- lettered zones with sharp boundaries, or distance/number of blocks/number of adjacent streets from the registered address?

If it's the former (as in Cambridge, where they print a map on the back of the visitor permit), then people who live near a boundary could have trobule. If it's the latter, then it's a fuzzy judgement call (always fun with strictly-enforced rules) and the zone letter doesn't mean much.

[kalimba21.livejournal.com]

Okay, I read the back and it said that one may park on the listed street or adjacent street. The permit that I saw was a different letter, so different zone. But the address was just around the corner. Maybe the car had used it too long, or maybe fuzzy judgment was at play. I guess I'll never know.

I live on a private court where there is no parking at all, so I hope my guests will be allowed to park both on the short street I'm off of, and the adjacent streets to that. Should be an interesting summer.