Note to friends

[dancerjodi]

If you come to my house, park in the street (not halfway on the sidewalk as we always have).

The cops went up and down the street last night and ticketed people for $15 for parking on the sidewalk. My poor brother got stuck with one (as did the guy next-door, who has lived in that house forever and apparently must have never had an issue with it before, since that's where he always parks).

Parking is allowed there overnight unless there is a snow emergency, so have no worries about your car being towed :). Maybe they are enforcing it now to make it easier for homeowners to clear sidewalks with the snow?

Comments

[developer.livejournal.com]

How odd -- it will really narrow the street if everyone parks fully in the road. I wonder if someone was like totally obstructing the sidewalk which prompted a complaint.

Could be worse than 15 -- once I parked in cambridge with the front of my car just barely hanging into a cross walk and got a 60 dollar ticket for obstructing a handicap access. Which makes me sound like some kind of asshole who throws people out of thier wheelchairs. The city of cambridge has really mastered the concept of shame ticketing -- when they boot they give you a ticket the size of an 8 1/2 by 11 piece of paper, but that is another story.