Mount Pleasant DC Forum

[admin]

Jack has quoted the city-wide law in his earllier posting: "2411.21 Vehicles displaying a valid residential parking permit may park at all times, within a designated residential permit parking zone, twenty-five (25) feet or more from the intersection."

Since it is a DC law, there is no need for postings.

[dsachdev]

But it contradicts with the "No Parking" signs, and my suggestion would fix that contradiction and perhaps help with the issue of people constantly getting tickets for parking tickets.

[igorok]

dsachdev, I agree. And yet ...

Here is another crazy thing about parking signs: I was told by someone in DC gov't who should know such things that if (1) a sign says, "No parking here to corner", (2) you park just shy of the limit suggested by the sign (i.e., in what seems to be the sign's designated OK area) , and (3) the sign is, let's say, 5' from the corner, you are nevertheless subject to receiving a ticket for parking too close to an intersection. I do not know if tickets are actually issued in such circumstances, but I have seen a bunch of too-close-to-the-corner signs in the city, especially in Adams Morgan and Georgetown.

And so, in a classic Catch-22, if the sign says "no" and the law says "yes" (as we have here in Mt P), the sign wins. Yet, if the sign says "yes" and the law says "no", the law wins. Seems to be a pattern here. Heads they win, tails ...

It's as if you come up to an intersection with a "No left turn" sign, an officer is there and directs you to take a left turn, and then another officer gives you a ticket for an illegal left turn. My hope is that the later ticket would never be issued, and if it was that (assuming you could prove your case) the ticket would be dismissed, but who knows?

I once rec'd a parking ticket having parked directly next to a temp sign that said "No Parking from 4 - 7PM". I parked at 7:15PM. Turns out that at the end of the long block (downtown) there was a permanent sign that said no parking until 8PM. (Even with a photo I lost my appeal.)

Add these situations to all of the non-functioning parking meters, and then fold in the "just say no" written traffic "adjudication" system (yes, I know that some of you here do better than I do at that game), and it's as if the ticket writers have James Bond privileges. I am just about at the stage of accepting parking tickets as if they were the AMT or Ticketmaster "service" fees.

[jack]

[zrathore]

Does this exemption law apply to those drivers who have DC tags, and have "No RPP" are there registration sticker?

[dsachdev]

Once again....I say that a small sticker that states what the exemption is put on those No Parking signs will clear things up for 1) DC residents and 2) DC employees.

[bdweller]

another twist on weird parking laws...

If you come to a meter that has money left on it from a previous parker, you MUST add additional money to that meter...or get a ticket.

Receiving a ticket for this would only happen if the police/meter maid saw you not put money in the meter.

I was at a hearing appealing another ticket of mine and a woman in there with me had the above issue. A cop saw her park, look at the meter, walk away. Even when she came back there was money still left on the meter. Her appeal was denied.

[jack]

[Tina]