Public works replaced a curb cut on Spruce Place and the way they put down the concrete, they cut 4-6 ft from what was there before. The ordinance is that you can't park 5 ft. from the "radius" of the curb cut. The city action effectively killed a parking space in a critical parking neighborhood. The meter monitors' enforcement is not at all consistent. Sometimes, if you park like your son did they don't give tickets. Other times they ticket you.
I contend that the city departments that impact parking do the work without concern for the residents. The curb cut could have been done to allow for another parking spot but now residents can't predict if they will get a ticket or not. If you want to be literal-minded, like the court referees, then you deserve the ticket even though there is more than enough space to both have access to a driveway and to park. Also in Loring Park, the city removed about 5 parking spots on Willow and 14th. Streets to create a bus stop for a bus that rarely stops there and rarely runs throughout the day and never comes at night. The city just did it without informing the public. There is a major parking problem in this neighborhood but the priorities of the residents is not being considered. David Wilson Loring Park On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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 > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
