Super Lame

Some facts:

  • We have a large driveway and a garage so we almost never park on our neighborhood street
  • We recently acquired an extra vehicle (which I’ll blog about another day) but we still have plenty of room to park in our garage and driveway
  • Our neighborhood street is 4 (unlined) lanes wide so there is plenty of room to park on both sides of the street and 2 cars can still comfortably pass each other
  • One of us (I won’t mention names) moved the Mountaineer to the street last night for a short time and left it there over night
  • The Mountaineer’s wheels were 10 and 21 inches away from the curb
  • The Mountaineer was parked on the wrong side of the street (aka, facing the wrong direction)

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  • The City of Houston can issue a parking citation for parking more than 18 inches from a curb
  • Parking more than 18 inches from a curb equals a fine of $35
  • The City of Houston can issue a parking citation for parking on the wrong side of the street
  • Parking on the wrong side of the street equals a fine of $25

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  • This morning the Mountaineer had a parking citation in in the window
  • It cited a violation for parking more than 18 inches from the curb
  • The remarks stated we were also parked on the wrong side of the street

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So, we owe the City of Houston $35.В  Not sure why they opted out of charging us the additional $25 even though they made such remarks on our citation.

Whatever.

Lame!

Beware…it could happen to you!

  • The City of Houston can issue a parking citation for parking on the wrong side of the street

July 15, 2010  One Comment

One Response

  1. Harry - July 20, 2010

    Remember there is a recession and City budget crisis; so no warnings. At least it’s in town and you do not have to travel for a court date.

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