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“Is there some sort of DC law that a car owner must check on their parked car every single day (if parked on a public street)?”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user Pablo Raw

“Dear PoPville,

I have a sincere question: is there some sort of DC law that a car owner must check on their parked car every single day (if parked on a public street)? I parked my car on Sunday afternoon (3pm) on a residential street in my neighborhood where I have parked many times before. My registration and tags are current, and I have the appropriate zone sticker. There were no-parking signs up, but they had expired and were for the previous week (ending the Friday before the Sunday that I parked there). On Thursday I walked by the street where my car should have been, and it was no longer there, and there were NEW no-parking signs indicating that there was no parking allowed for the current week, starting on Monday. My car had been ‘relocated’, and I had 4 parking tickets from the original parking spot totaling $250. The first ticket was received on Tuesday morning, the second on Wednesday, and then the 2 remaining tickets were received on Thursday (the day my car was towed to a new spot, and one of the tickets was for a relocation tow). I believe the no-parking signs were put up the construction crew of a new building being built across the street from me.

My question is twofold: (more…)

“I would like to get some clarification on a DC parking violation”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user Jim Havard

“Dear PoPville,

I would like to get some clarification on a DC parking violation a friend of mine received. The violation was for obstructing the sidewalk. He parked his car in my driveway and the rear end of the car stuck out into the sidewalk. My house runs from street to street so the driveway and the sidewalk is in my back yard.

Does anyone know how far into a sidewalk a car may go? (more…)

Legit or Counterfeit No Parking Sign? Part Two

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

In follow up to your recent post on possible scam parking signs please find the attached photo. I’ve never seen any other signs reserving street parking for a singular business so I assume it’s a scam. Extra points for painting the curb, another rarity in DC. From Michigan Ave, NE near Brookland Metro.”

“Creative use of White House stationery in Eckington”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I found the attached note on a car2go I picked up this morning in front of a row home at 2nd Street NE and Uhland Terrace NE in Eckington. I checked the area, and there aren’t any no parking, restricted parking, or handicap parking signs. Apparently this is just how Trump administration staffers are now using their Official Government Intimidation Stationery. I was very tempted to write at the bottom “This isn’t how public sidewalks and streets work – get out of our city if you want a private driveway” and tack it to their tree.”

“These spots are still going unused and have been for years”

By Prince Of Petworth


12th and H Street, NE

A reader reports:

“These spots are still going unused and have been for years. That DDOT has not taken any action has closed off two parking spots to neighbors who cannot park there because the disabled residents have since moved.

This is my original message from 10 January: “I am contacting you about three reserved disability parking spots in the front of 808-818 12th St NE. A number of these houses have sold in the past year, and the handicapped residents who occupied them have moved, yet the reserved parking remains unused by the neighborhood because the signs are still up. I am requesting a review of these three reserved spots (which take up this half of the block) to determine which are still in use by residents.”

Legit or Counterfeit No Parking Sign?

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I recently noticed new signs up on the north side of the 1400 block of Morse St. NE that say “Resident Parking Only – 6PM to 3AM – Resident or Visitor Permit Required” threatening a tow and $250 fine.

What gives? I’ve previously lived in Adams Morgan, Mt. Pleasant, U Street, and Petworth, and only saw zone permit parking only or 2 hour limit enforced 24/7. Is this a new kind of restriction, and if so, why those hours?”

Heads Up if You Park on Johnson Ave on Mondays

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

This happened on April 2 and I am just getting around to filling out the contesting forms online. I was parked on Johnson Ave around 9:30AM and received a street cleaning violation ticket. There was NO sign posted. [It looks like maybe the sign they used is from the complete other end of the block, but still. It’s not visible at all from where I parked.] VS. the photo of the sign that they included in my ticket (you can look on the TicPix service) is clearly from a different location and does not include my car in it. The photos they took that included my car had the (empty) sign post cropped out.”

“To me this seems like a lack of support on the part of the Wharf for the fish market”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I was rather surprised by my experience today going to the fish market and parking. Colonial Parking’s sign (attached) shows the first hour costing $2 instead of $10 with fish market validation. I stayed for just over an hour and a half and was charged the full price of two hours ($17) with no discount for validation. For a visit less than two hours, one would naturally assume that $8 would be taken off the overall price based on the pricing structure. (more…)

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