Reserving parking spaces

[tut21.livejournal.com]

A question for the hive mind in this handy forum.

What, if anything, can I officially do about a neighbor who regularly claims a parking space in front of his house with an upside-down trash barrel? I'm getting tired of walking several blocks with my groceries when there is a perfectly good spot steps away from my door.

I'll spare you a vent about what I'd like to do because I'm not going to start a neighborhood war. This neighbor is old and he has probably lived in the same house longer than I've been alive. I'd speak to him about it but I don't want to get involved with someone who may blame me (or my car) if someone else acts on the frustration I feel.

(edited to clarify a few minor details)

Comments

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

I don't know...a lot of what one can get away with around these parts seems to depend on what kind of friends one has, and where. In any event, the prevailing attitude, if it comes to any kind of legal intervention, is going to be, "He's lived here for decades and you're nobody, suck it up and move on."

[ellf.livejournal.com]

The law, thankfully, doesn't make exceptions for old guys with trash barrels.

[jspazzer.livejournal.com]

It does if by "law" you mean "that loose set of local regulations enforced by high school chums or hockey buddies of the old guy with the trash barrel".

[ellf.livejournal.com]

If this old guy plays hockey, and has a group of similarly elderly thugs, I would totally back down.

I might also take pictures.