I'm guilty. That makes 100,001. So is most of my neighborhood. Tom Madden Lowry Hill
On 11/10/05 2:01 PM, "Chris Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If > you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
