A residential program doesn't help when it's people who live there. I have neighbours on one side whose adult son moved in with them. Prior to that, the mom parked in front of her house. Once he moved in, rather than the mom moving her car forward or back a few feet so that both cars could fit in front of their house, she continued to park exactly in front of the path to the door, and then the son would park right in front of my house. He often left his car there for days at a time, without it moving.
I have a garage in the back and usually it's no big deal except when I have elderly visitors who struggle to walks across a slippery street, or the furnace guys are there and need to park close, I want to shovel the snow on the sidewalk, etc.
If there were no other options, I would understand but my street only has houses on one side (it's a small street next to a boulevard and then a main road). There is plenty of room to park across the street. Parking your "extra" vehicle across the street would have been the considerate thing to do, IMO. Failing that, backing up or pulling forward so you don't leave a half spot in front and behind would even be a start.
Yes, it's a public street and he can park there if he wants. Just doesn't seem like the neighbourly thing to do when there are other options.
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