parking citations to get more expensive

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Wanna park illegally? You gotta pay more

Read the Somerville Journal article for the full scoop, but the salient details, as of Monday:

• The penalty for parking in the path of a street sweeper increased from $25 to $30


• On Aug. 12, the fines for street-sweeping violations will increase from $30 to $50


• Parking meter violation fines also increased from $15 to $20


• Parking in a bus stop will earn a $25 fine instead of $20.


• Handicapped parking violations will double from $100 to $200


• The distance residents must park their cars from street corners has increased from a minimum of 10 feet to minimum of 12 feet from a street corner, and the fine for violating the minimum distance from a street corner also increased from $20 to $30


• On Aug. 12, the fines for violating snow emergency parking rules will double from $50 to $100


• Fines for permit parking violations will also increase from $30 to $40


• Fines for parking within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, parking in a crosswalk or obstructing fire lanes will also go up from $30 to $50

*boggle* Those are pretty huge increases, all taken together. I'd really like to know what the "must park at least 12 feet from a street corner" thing is all about. Why is 10 feet not good enough anymore?

If I ever move from my current place, I'm not going to any house that doesn't have a driveway I can use. Jesus.

Comments

[aslant.livejournal.com]

are you talking about paying the tickets or making an appeal? to pay the tickets we've both sent checks by mail, or you can enter a ticket number into the somerville city website, and it will call up all other tickets belonging to the car and you can pay online (you don't have to pay them all at once).

that doesn't sound right about the registration, because otherwise any out of state driver wouldn't be able to appeal a ticket. what if it was an out-of-state plate but the person wasn't a resident? they can't ask them to register if they're not a state resident, just in order to go to court and plead their case.

i wonder if she was just stalling you? the law about registering your car after 1 year of MA residency is an easy one to remember, maybe she was just lazy and fixated on that part of the problem.