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I moved my car from the odd side of the street for the plows, and they actually came last night and cleared right to the curb. After the plows left, I put my car back. I woke up to a $100 ticket. Why would they still enforce the ban AFTER the street has been cleaned? (first time in 30 years that I remember.) I suppose they have the right to do it, but BOY is that mean-spirited.
Of course, they didn't bother to ticket any of the cars on the even side of the street who don't have resident stickers, or the ones with out-of-state plates who don't want to pay taxes, and have been parking for YEARS with visitor tags. Nor did they ticket any cars that actually got in the way of plowing and later moved, because they only ticketed three hours AFTER the plows came.
11 Comments
Eva M. Heater (Registered User)
neighbor (Registered User)
City of New Haven (Verified Official)
Bellevue Resident (Registered User)
Gee_Pat (Registered User)
neighbor (Registered User)
RFM (Registered User)
This is completely nonsensical. That would mean that I can't park in front of my house for 40 hours after it was actually plowed to the curb, because the parking ban is until noon on Thursday. Does that mean that if we get 3 feet, as we did several years ago, and the cleanup takes a week, that no one can park on the odd side for a week, even if it has been cleaned?
And since the even side of the street is never cleaned, I would have to dig out a new space to park there AGAIN, now that I am back from work. Not even the chance of parking in a downtown lot, and then coming home on a nice 30 minute walk through crime-ridden New Haven when it is 10 degrees, because the less expensive parking ended 7 AM WEDNESDAY!
This system is completely half-assed, and doesn't work. Another reason why it is difficult to live in New Haven.
Gee_Pat (Registered User)
There's no issue with the system. Move your car when instructed to do so. Simple. Other people were able to move their cars so that the city plows could do what they needed to do. Quit blaming the system and move your car next time. Blame yourself.
Frank Colombo (Registered User)
RFM
Please contest this. I share your outrage, and yes non-sensicical and mean-spirited. Do you know your Aldermanic rep? If not, perhaps reaching out to him her may help. Good luck.
Closed RFM (Registered User)
Disappointing that the system was not able to address a more complex situation with a reasoned response, but I am not surprised. If anyone has been following the whole drama of the winter on this website, there were many many many examples of cars not ticketed or towed that obstructed plowing, so ticketing my car (which I DID move during the ban), because I moved it back AFTER the odd side was plowed to the curb, was, I insist, just blind adherence to a rule. (No unconstructive or nasty responses needed, please. They won't help me, and certainly won't add much to the poster's life.)
neighbor (Registered User)