Is it just me who can't find the applicable laws, or does the following
ordinance pretty much make everybody who parks their cars overnight in their
residential neighborhoods on the street, or all day during the day on
weekends, a criminal? I'd say this law, clearly mostly unenforced, is
ridiculous. There are probably 100,000 violations per day. We aren't living
in Maple Grove, after all. See (b), (c) and (d) below, in particular.
478.100. General time limits for parking.
(a) No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand upon any street
in the congested zone for a period of time longer than sixty (60) minutes
during the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., except on Sundays and legal
holidays.
(b) No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand upon any street
for a period of time longer than sixty (60) minutes between the hours of 2:00
a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day, except physicians on emergency calls.
(c) No person in charge of a vehicle shall park or permit it to stand upon
any street or highway in the city for more than two (2) consecutive hours,
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., unless otherwise designated on
signs erected and installed.
(d) No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand upon any street
or highway in the city for more than six (6) consecutive hours between the
hours of 6:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., except in an emergency or unless otherwise
designated on signs erected and installed.
(e) For the purpose of the regulations relating to limited parking, any
vehicle moved a distance of not more than two (2) blocks during the limited
parking period shall be deemed to have remained stationary. (Code 1960, As
Amend., ยง 411.130)
I have a garage in which my car is always parked, but the recent street
sweeping got me to wondering.
--
Chris Johnson
Fulton
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