We woke up one morning and my wife said .. "Oh, crap. We left the car in the street over-night."
Maybe we won't have a ticket, I foolishly thought. Maybe they saw
our car and thought, hey, I know that car. I'll bet they just forgot
to pull their car into their driveway. No need to penalize them.
Not a chance .. there, in blaze orange was our $15 night-parking ticket.
Man, I hate that law. How does $7,000 in yearly property taxes not give you the right to park in front of your house?
I can't say I understand the premise of the 3am-5am parking
restriction. To prevent crime? Not sure I believe that. The car
parked next to my house is far more hidden than one on the street. To
control the number of cars each household can own? That doesn't make
much sense, as if you have a long driveway, you could easily park a
half-dozen cars on your drive. Maybe it's so the street sweepers can
do a good job. Of course, they don't roll at 3am-5am, so that's no
good.
Seriously, if anyone knows the theory behind this law, I'd love to hear it. "
