How close can you park to driveways?

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I'm not one to ask without googling. I've been googling this for a couple of hours and I come up with nothing.

How close are you allowed to park to the curb cut of someone's driveway?

I ask because someone on my street keeps parking in a way that slightly overhangs my driveway. I'm no stickler but our driveway is really narrow and it's got a big tree on one edge so it's difficult enough getting out without this car making it harder.

I thought it was a couple of feet. I can't find any citation of this anywhere online. I'd like to find the citation because I'd like to leave a polite note asking this person to stop overhanging my driveway and attach the bit of parking law that's relevant.

Thanks for any help you've got.

Comments

Leave a note, then get <i>Traffic and Parking</i> involved

[lentower.livejournal.com]

My suggestions:

1) print out the above cited ordinance, and put a note on it asking the driver's to stop blocking your driveway.

2) if he doesn't stop, call the Traffic and Parking department, and suggest they send one of there parking ticketing enforcers by at the right time of day, every day.

Traffic and Parking
133 Holland Street
Somerville, MA 02144
311 (617-666-3311 from outside of Somerville)
Acting Director, James Kotzuba
Hours: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am - 12 noon

from: http://www.ci.somerville.ma.us/Department.cfm?dept=TRAFFIC

best -len