Re: [Mpls] Usury laws - tow charges

[RYANA814]

My son got a ticket near his school for parking "within 5 feet of an alley."  He wasn't blocking the alley but was within 3 feet of it.  He just got his license so I looked up parking regulations in his Minnesota drivers manual and there was nothing there regarding 5 feet. When we went down to the government center to protest it, they would only reduce it.  Turns out this is a special Minneapolis ordinance. The clerk told my son maybe he shouldn't drive to school.  She didn't know that Minneapolis schools had cut way back bussing.  When I asked how was a person to know the different ordinances in Minneapolis to avoid future tickets, she didn't know.  I did mention that I thought it was a revenue raiser.  Should we all call the government center and ask to be mailed copies of the Minneapolis parking regulations?

Anne Johnson
Cooper