48 hour resident parking rule

[robin bobo]

Hi,

I just got slapped with a parking ticket for leaving my car in one spot for 48 hours. (I am a resident.) I guess it was obvious from the snow piled on top of it.

But this just sounds like a bad law. Why would you want to incentivize people to move their cars every 2 days? I am not blocking thing, I am in a legal parking spot, no one is hurt by me leaving my car where I park it all of the time. If they have problem with me leaving snow on my car, then the law should be, "Residents must clear snow from car within 48hours of snow storm."

rb.

Comments

[craigindaville.livejournal.com]

As I learned from this forum a few years ago (confirmed by the one and only Tom Champion) the best way to appeal a ticket is NOT to actually file a written appeal; those will almost always be denied. Instead, let the timeframe for responding pass, and the city will send a reminder of the fine, along with a hearing date and time, to the house where the car is registered.

In my experience, and in many others who have posted here, doing this appeal in person leads to a higher likelihood (not a guarantee, of course) of tickets being overturned or changed.

The hearing is really just you and an administrator from T&P sitting in an office talking about what happened and why you think the ticket was in error or otherwise unfair. It might work, it might not, but if you can take an hour off from work fairly easily it's worth the trip.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

Can you also just show up at the parking office with no appointment to talk to the hearing officer?

[craigindaville.livejournal.com]

From my memory and experience, no. In fact, if I remember correctly, there are signs that say something to that effect in the T&P office (ie: "Appointment required for hearing officer hours" or something like that). However, that is stated without any basis in fact or policy so YMMV.

[pywaket.livejournal.com]

From the last time I was in there, I remember seeing something about drop-in hours, when anyone could go and wait in line for a hearing, however, I can't seem to find anything on the city's website about it. Either I'm not remembering this correctly, or possibly the policy has changed. Or it's just not publicized.