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Post by Clair on Oct 4, 2017 20:20:58 GMT
A parking issue has come up in my neighborhood. I live on a very quiet street where everyone parks in their driveway or occasionally in front of their own house. Of course, when people have visitors there are more cars in the street.
This is started about two months ago... one neighbor seems to not want to deal with all their vehicles . They have started parking a few of their business vehicles around the neighborhood. Not in in their driveway or in front of their house but in front of neighbors that are 4 or 5 houses away. For some reason they don’t use these vehicles so they are left for days on end in front of other houses. We have a 72 hour parking rule but no one really wants to be that neighbor who calls the police.
The cars are usually moved in front of someone’s house who they think isn’t home. Today I watched as they parked one on front of my house then got another and parked in front of my neighbors - I was home with no car. This truck will probably not be moved until next Tuesday. These people live 4 houses away and we have fairly large lots (by so cal standards) so it’s not for convenience.
Right now - the street is completely free of cars except for their two vehicles parked 4 houses away from their house and their driveway is empty.
Neighbors have started parking in the street to discourage them parking in front of their house.
I understand that it is a public street but are they being rude or am I being bitchy?
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Post by mom on Oct 4, 2017 20:23:25 GMT
oh heck no.....that is not ok. I would absolutely be that neighbor to complain.
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Post by pondrunner on Oct 4, 2017 20:25:47 GMT
In some neighborhoods you can have it designated a residential parking district and no business trucks can park there. We did this in an old neighborhood, we petitioned the county and they agreed. Problem solved.
Otherwise I would call them in at the 72 hour mark every time. They do this because it's not enforced.
You could petition the HOA as well for parking enforcement if that's an option for you.
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Oct 4, 2017 20:26:15 GMT
I’d call non emergency and report it. Besides that it’s rude, a neighborhood is not s commercial parking zone. Here the time frame is 24 hours and it can be anonymous.
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Post by crittsmom on Oct 4, 2017 20:26:19 GMT
Well, I don't think you are being bitchy and they are being rude, especially if they aren't parking in front of their own house ! I would call code enforcement and have them come and check it out. 3 days of not moving a work vehicle is quite much. I live in So Cal and I know we love our cars, but I sure don't understand why they can't park them in front of their own house. I guess you don't have to worry much about car break ins where you are.
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Post by mnmloveli on Oct 4, 2017 20:28:17 GMT
So strange. I wonder why they're doing this? I would start asking the neighbors if anyone has any idea why they're doing this. If no one knows, I'd be stalking them to ask the next time.
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Post by purplebee on Oct 4, 2017 20:35:50 GMT
I would get the neighbors together and set up a rotating schedule of parking their second cars in front of the offending neighbor's house.
Nah, not really....but I'd be tempted. Extremely rude on their part. Call it in after 72 hours.
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Post by Clair on Oct 4, 2017 20:37:22 GMT
Thanks for validating me.
We don’t have an hoa here so our only recourse is through the city or parking enforcement.
No one seems to know why they started doing it. They have lived here for years - we see them quite often but they don’t really speak or wave to anyone. They were never on anyone’s radar for anything until this started happening.
Eta - I believe our city allows one or two vehicles with business names per household. No oversized vehicles are allowed but I believe these are within the limits.
This is traditionally not a neighborhood where there would be multiple work trucks around.
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Post by Clair on Oct 4, 2017 20:42:35 GMT
Well, I don't think you are being bitchy and they are being rude, especially if they aren't parking in front of their own house ! I would call code enforcement and have them come and check it out. 3 days of not moving a work vehicle is quite much. I live in So Cal and I know we love our cars, but I sure don't understand why they can't park them in front of their own house. I guess you don't have to worry much about car break ins where you are. Car break ins happen fairly regularly here. I’d love to park in front of their house but I just can’t bring myself to do it. I’ll call code enforcement.
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Post by KikiPea on Oct 4, 2017 20:43:39 GMT
oh heck no.....that is not ok. I would absolutely be that neighbor to complain. It's a public street. It won't do any good to complain. We have a very short, cut-through, street that connects our neighborhood to another. Both neighborhoods have an HOA. There is a house at the end of that street, with multiple cars in their driveway, as well as several parked along that street, usually VERY close to the end, making it very hard to see if anyone is coming. Because it is a city street, there is absolutely nothing that can be done about it. It really sucks, but, at least here in TX, that's the case.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 20:46:56 GMT
Can you report the parking violation online/anonymously?
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Post by epeanymous on Oct 4, 2017 20:48:34 GMT
Would it be possible for you or another neighbor to talk to them?
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Post by cadoodlebug on Oct 4, 2017 20:50:24 GMT
This is one of the reasons I love having an HOA. This would tick me off.
ETA: We have a no cars parked on the street overnight policy. Some people would hate that ~ we love it.
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Post by not2peased on Oct 4, 2017 20:52:01 GMT
I understand being irritated, but I think it's petty to try and "do" something about it. homeowners don't own the area in front of their house
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Post by smartypants71 on Oct 4, 2017 20:53:44 GMT
oh heck no.....that is not ok. I would absolutely be that neighbor to complain. It's a public street. It won't do any good to complain. We have a very short, cut-through, street that connects our neighborhood to another. Both neighborhoods have an HOA. There is a house at the end of that street, with multiple cars in their driveway, as well as several parked along that street, usually VERY close to the end, making it very hard to see if anyone is coming. Because it is a city street, there is absolutely nothing that can be done about it. It really sucks, but, at least here in TX, that's the case. We have a 24 hour limit here. The city will enforce it if people complain. They come out once to chalk the tires and then come back out again to see if things have changed. I guess the city sees it as an opportunity to get some revenue for the city. This one dumb dumb across the street from me got a boot on his truck and had to pay $1200 in fines (it was written on the gigantic sticker on his driver side window)!
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Post by scrappychick on Oct 4, 2017 21:03:36 GMT
On a public street, I'm not going to let it bother me.
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Post by IAmUnoriginal on Oct 4, 2017 21:16:02 GMT
Our village has an ordinance against commercial vehicles being parked along the street in residential neighorhoods overnight. From 10pm to 6am, those vehicles cannot be parked along the street. They determine this by the license plate type and/or logos being on the vehicle. If you have either of those, the vehicle has to be fully in your driveway. It cannot overhang the sidewalk and cause issues for pedestrians. The first violation is a ticket, any subsequent violations are an automatic tow. The ordinance was put in place after too many situations like yours in too many neighborhoods. It's helped a lot in the neighborhoods that were experiencing problems.
ETA: I would call code enforcement and see what can be done. It just took enough complaints from the residents in our village for them to write the new ordinance.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 4, 2017 21:27:30 GMT
We have a large commercial vehicle that we always park in our own driveway, so yeah I'll validate you! Sure it can be a PITA to work around it, but that's what we do because it's the right (and polite) way to do things. It would tick me off if someone was parking their work vehicles in front of my house when they live a half block away, especially if it made getting in and out of my own driveway more difficult due to lack of visibility or whatever. If there is any kind of ordinance, I'd be calling the non emergency number to report it every time it sat there for more than the allotted time.
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Post by Clair on Oct 4, 2017 21:31:16 GMT
I understand being irritated, but I think it's petty to try and "do" something about it. homeowners don't own the area in front of their house I don’t really want to ‘do’ anything about it but have it stop. I really don’t understand how they can think doing something like that is neighborly. Im aware that we don’t own the street but the behavior is just so odd.
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Post by basketdiva on Oct 4, 2017 21:32:45 GMT
I understand being irritated, but I think it's petty to try and "do" something about it. homeowners don't own the area in front of their house True but the OP stated her town has a 72 hour parking rule and these business cars are parked for much longer than the 72 hours.
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Post by papersilly on Oct 4, 2017 21:33:16 GMT
how rude. especially when they are business vehicles.
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Post by burningfeather on Oct 4, 2017 21:33:45 GMT
Validated. It makes me irrationally bitchy when someone parks in front of my house for anything other than necessity or a party, etc. It's not bad where I live now (except everyone's lawn care service seems to think that my house is the centerpoint for the whole neighborhood and they park and block my mailbox every week) but where we used to live - there was someone who I think was having a weekend fling because one car would arrive, then another, the first person would get out of her car and get into the other car and then they would drive away. The car would be there all weekend and then disappear late on Sunday night. We lived on a pretty out of the way dead end where the road just ended, not something you would just drive by accidentally.
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Post by not2peased on Oct 4, 2017 21:51:38 GMT
I understand being irritated, but I think it's petty to try and "do" something about it. homeowners don't own the area in front of their house I don’t really want to ‘do’ anything about it but have it stop. I really don’t understand how they can think doing something like that is neighborly. Im aware that we don’t own the street but the behavior is just so odd. it's obviously not odd to them. This issue has been debated numerous times here over the years and there are plenty of folks on both sides of it. Enough so that you can't assume that they are violating some social contract everyone has made by their parking spot decisions. Not everyone thinks the way you and your neighbors do, and you just deal with it, IMO. From what you described it's not causing anyone genuine pain and suffering, so I would just let it go and try to remember that they aren't doing anything "to" you or your neighbors-they are just parking their vehicles where they want, on a public street. <edited to add> to be clear, I, too, would be irritated at their parking habits
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Post by not2peased on Oct 4, 2017 21:54:09 GMT
I understand being irritated, but I think it's petty to try and "do" something about it. homeowners don't own the area in front of their house True but the OP stated her town has a 72 hour parking rule and these business cars are parked for much longer than the 72 hours. then she and her neighbors are welcome to call and make reports. Personally, I'd get on with my life. I also don't think it's neighborly to report your neighbors for something that isn't really causing anyone real harm, but I try not to worry about things that ultimately, don't interfere with my enjoyment of life
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Post by tanya2 on Oct 4, 2017 22:05:43 GMT
that would supremely piss me off!! i'd call the city to complain
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Post by christine58 on Oct 4, 2017 22:08:14 GMT
Today I watched as they parked one on front of my house then got another and parked in front of my neighbors - I was home with no car I would have been out there in a hot minute and asked them to move it. Let them park it in front of their own house
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Post by librarylady on Oct 4, 2017 22:19:00 GMT
I'd call in the one in front of my house. I'd also try to catch him and ask why he was parking in front of my house and not his own.
I can top your story. We have a neighbor with 5-6 cars. He parks the vehicles all over our neighborhood and rarely in his own driveway. I can't figure out why. He did leave one for several days down the street and she called and had it towed.
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Post by kirspend on Oct 4, 2017 22:19:43 GMT
Have you considered calling the business number on the side of the vehicle and reporting to them that their truck has been parked on XYZ Street for 4 days. If the neighbor isn't the business owner, it might make a difference.
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Post by ntsf on Oct 4, 2017 22:24:05 GMT
gosh.. I live in a city where parking is a huge thing. I would never call in this situation. they aren't doing anyone any harm per se...
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Post by moodyblue on Oct 4, 2017 22:30:01 GMT
I think I'd be inclined to do a "Hey, what's up with parking your work trucks all over the neighborhood lately?" when you can catch them at it.
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