One of my pet peeves is people complaining about street parking but not using their garage.
I think that most general zoning and building regulations state that homes must have a certain number of parking spots &/or a garage.
When people do not use their parking spots on their own land, street parking becomes very congested and contentious.
Does anyone know of a place that actually tries to enforce that you use your own driveway or garage? Or at least keep those 2 spots clean and open for parking.
I know some places charge for residents to have on street parking permits, that could become expensive and encourage people to use their own spots. Do you have any idea what these resident street parking stickers cost if you have them in your area?
Currently debating many parking issues in my neighbourhood and I am happy to hear some other comments.
My town doesn't enforce using the driveway or garage, though if they get a call, they will tow you if you haven't moved in 3 days. First you get a warning ticket, then they tow you 24 hours later. (Yes, I made that call once).
The problem in my town is that people have too many cars. Even those with garages.
One house, 2 drivers, 4 cars, one spot in driveway, garage too small for any of them.
One house, 1 driver, 1 motorcyle, 2 SUVs and a car
One house, 2 drivers, garage converted to living space, one parking spot
Our house is required to have 2 off street spaces and they MUST BE BLOCKED FROM VIEW (hence the hedge). This is only really enforced when the house is sold. They don't make me park there. For awhile I parked on the street because other neighbors kept parking in front of my house in their big ass SUVs and then I couldn't see to pull out (one car was totaled that way).
Certain areas of our town do have parking permits (more "downtown" where there is less parking).
20 years ago when I lived in the DC area, my parking permit was $30. I never bought one, but did get a few tickets.
Looks like permits in my town right now are $20.