Start Fresh NY illegally parked

Observed by lawandorder on Sat, Jun 07 2008

Start Fresh NY, a non-profit (http://www.startfresh.us/), apparently doesn't read the regulations on their DOT parking permit very carefully.

They are parked in a No Standing Anytime except USPS Vehicles zone, and their permit only allows for:

"No Standing Except Trucks Loading and Unloading"
"No Parking Anytime/Specific Hours"
"At Meters"

And only for 3 hours at that.

[edited to fix signage]

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1 dragonman

Posted on Sat, Jun 07 2008 at 06:31 PM

Is it the red car or the one across the street?

2 14FeetAway

Posted on Sat, Jun 07 2008 at 10:12 PM

You said they are parked in a No Parking Anytime, and you then say their permit allows that, whats the problem? No violation here. Please remove!

3 lawandorder

Posted on Sun, Jun 08 2008 at 09:29 PM

It's the red car. Across the street you can see another violation - a car parked on the sidewalk.

5 lawandorder

Posted on Sun, Jun 08 2008 at 09:34 PM

14Feet - that's not how those DOT placards work. In order for this car to be parked legally, the placard would have to explicitly state "No Standing Anytime except USPS Vehicles". The conditions under which the placard may be used must explicitly include any riders to the posted regulation, from what I understand.

Also, I corrected the post - the sign actually says "No Standing Anytime except USPS Vehicles", not "No Parking Anytime except USPS Vehicles".

6 14FeetAway

Posted on Sun, Jun 08 2008 at 11:34 PM

I would say that "No Standing Anytime except USPS Vehicles" is the same, or close enough, to "No Standing Except Trucks Loading and Unloading" that this vehicle is parked properly. This is what discression is about. Aren't USPS Vehicles trucks that load and unload? The USPS designation is added to keep other trucks out of this area, but a permit that allows for parking in a Truck Loading area is good to go in my oppinion.

7 14FeetAway

Posted on Sun, Jun 08 2008 at 11:38 PM

Oh, and why no post on the motorcycle, isn't that illegally parked too? But no, thats probably a civilians vehicle, so they are allowed to illegally park with impunity.

8 dragonman

Posted on Mon, Jun 09 2008 at 07:50 AM

What about the motorcycle. Does it have a placard?

9 lawandorder

Posted on Mon, Jun 09 2008 at 11:58 AM

No, the motorcycle did not have a placard, so it too was illegally parked. Traffic Enforcement agents frequently ticket civilian vehicles parked in this zone, but I don't know if the motorcycle was ticketed.

10 WillNYC

Posted on Tue, Jun 10 2008 at 02:02 AM

Of all the dozens of 311 complaints you have made, how many times have you received a response that said the vehicle was ticketed or towed?

11 WillNYC

Posted on Tue, Jun 10 2008 at 02:03 AM

I'm just going to go around taking photos of news vans and NYP plate vehicles. Hypocrites park relentlessly, file stories on police parking abuse, and then get pissed when they are ticketed.

12 lawandorder

Posted on Tue, Jun 10 2008 at 10:55 PM

Will - great! Looking forward to your posts.

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