Question Regarding Parking in a Culdesac

[Regulator75]

Let me guess, you live in Temple or Falconridge?

[Regular_John]

Alpha up, delete facebook, hit the gym etc.

[stampsx2]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

Let me guess, you live in Castleridge or Falconridge?

Fyp.

[Hockeyguy15]

I don't know if they will tow him, but I believe if you call the parking authority and complain they will come out and either give him a warning to move his car within 48 hours or it will be towed. If they don't give him a warning I believe they can issue a parking ticket, then if he doesn't move it after a day or 2 I would call CPA again and have them come out again.

It might be a pain in the ass but if you don't want to deal with them directly then CPA is your only hope.

Oh and don't leave the guy a warning note, if you make contact with them they will know that it was you who called CPA. If you don't say anything to them and let CPA do their job then they have no reason to suspect you did anything.

[ken0042]

I tried looking for the by-law, but couldn't find what I was looking for. I was sure there was something about the 72 hours not being in effect if the person was parked within a certain distance from the house where the vehicle is registered. Something like 100 or 200 metres.

[worth]

Why are there so many rules? Just take a dump on his windshield.

[stampsx2]

Park your car in front of his driveway. Two wrongs make a right.

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by ken0042

I tried looking for the by-law, but couldn't find what I was looking for. I was sure there was something about the 72 hours not being in effect if the person was parked within a certain distance from the house where the vehicle is registered. Something like 100 or 200 metres.

I don't believe so, not according to 8 (2)(a).

http://www.calgary.ca/CA/city-clerks...02-Parking.pdf

[jhunt223]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

Let me guess, you live in Temple or Falconridge?

Nope. I live Cedarbrae. Which for the most part is pretty crappy except for a few nice culdesacs here and there, one of which I live on. These guys are the only people on the block that are like this. I didn't even know we had skid marks like this in here until I was driving home one day and followed a little red accord into the culdesac which proceeded to pull into my spot, get out and try to stare me down with a little Eminem pouty face. I found out later that the guy had been living there for a while, but I'd never seen him because I don't hang out at home on weekdays eating pop tarts and doing whip-its.

[Byrns]

[jammies]

Originally Posted by fotze

note to self: Do not stare down jhunt223.

Don't forget to trade in your red Acura for something less gangsta. We can only hope he never finds out it's you living in his cul-de-sac.

[normtwofinger]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

I don't believe so, not according to 8 (2)(a).

http://www.calgary.ca/CA/city-clerks...02-Parking.pdf

Thanks. Maybe this has changed. I remember calling in about what I thought was an abandoned car to the city. The checked the plates while I waited on hold and they said there was nothing they could do because the registration was up to date and it was parked with 200m of the address on the registration. But this was close to 10 years ago.

So what if someone goes on a weeks holiday. Could a nasty neighbour have there car towed?

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by normtwofinger

Thanks. Maybe this has changed. I remember calling in about what I thought was an abandoned car to the city. The checked the plates while I waited on hold and they said there was nothing they could do because the registration was up to date and it was parked with 200m of the address on the registration. But this was close to 10 years ago.

So what if someone goes on a weeks holiday. Could a nasty neighbour have there car towed?

I don't think it is heavily inforced, and I don't believe they will do anything about it if your car isn't parked illegally.

I know that infront of my apartment building there is only room for 8 cars to park and one car was parked there for months without moving. Finally CPA came out and left him a 48 hours to move before towing notice, and the ###### backed his car up about a foot or two instead of actually moving it. So now he was taking up 2 spots, probably about 3 or 4 days later he either got towed or moved the car and it hasn't been back since.

[Rathji]

I am confused, why don't you park in your garage or parking pad? Or are you somehow asserting that you own the street in front of your house as well?

[Short Shift]

I learned about the 1.5m rule the hard way.

Used to have a d-bag Welsh c*** across the street that would park his 2 summer cars in his garage and NEVER use his driveway, and always park his suburban in front of my house, taking up both spots. I had mentioned it to him and left notes on his windshield at least 10 times.

The one time I parked in front of his house, he had my car towed. The CPA ticket said it was measured at 1.38m from the edge of his driveway. After the ticket, towing, and lost wages, I was out about $300.

His suburban started getting flat tires about once a month. He seemed to drive over a lot of nails.

The day before I moved out, someone peppered the front of his house and garage door with 100 paint balls.

[puckluck2]

Originally Posted by Short Shift

His suburban started getting flat tires about once a month. He seemed to drive over a lot of nails.

The day before I moved out, someone peppered the front of his house and garage door with 100 paint balls.

What a hero you are.

[Canehdianman]

Originally Posted by jhunt223

Yeah.. I'm a ######-nozzle because I don't like some unemployed scumbag staring me down like we're in high school and leaving his car in my parking spot right in front of my house for days on end.

And I don't know Daradon... this worked alright. I learned about the 1.5 meter rule and the 72 hour rule from here and they both proved to be right. I can have him towed. Problem solved pretty much.

That's part of the reason you are a ######-nozzle, you've judged your neighbours without any evidence and seem irrationally convinced that they are out to get you.

However, more ######-nozzle-y is the fact that you seem to think that you own the road in front of your house.

I live in a cul-de-sac as well. Some of the houses near me have 3, 4 even 5 cars. They end up parking on the street. Some of them park *GASP* on the street in front of my house. It never occurred to me to be butt-hurt over it, mostly because I'm a reasonable person (who, incidentally, is quite capable of being a ######-nozzle in other circumstances).

My recommendation to you is to take a deep breath and relax. If you get this worked up over someone blocking your view of the asphalt road in front of your house, then you are probably 9/10ths of the way to a heart attack and/or an ulcer.

[OffsideSpecialist]

Even with an hoir parking limit, there are constantly people parking in front of my place, and I don't have a driveway. But I don't own the street so it is what it is. I do hate paying thd city 65$ a month to have the priviledge of parking on a street other than mine and having to move my car every 48 hours

[Bill Bumface]

I would try talking to them first just on the off chance it works. If you don't talk to them, and you get him towed, expect him to be parked exactly 1.5m from your driveway every day for the rest of the time you both live there. People like that have a high chance of being vindictive #**@*s.

[jhunt223]

Originally Posted by Canehdianman

That's part of the reason you are a ######-nozzle, you've judged your neighbours without any evidence and seem irrationally convinced that they are out to get you.

However, more ######-nozzle-y is the fact that you seem to think that you own the road in front of your house.

I live in a cul-de-sac as well. Some of the houses near me have 3, 4 even 5 cars. They end up parking on the street. Some of them park *GASP* on the street in front of my house. It never occurred to me to be butt-hurt over it, mostly because I'm a reasonable person (who, incidentally, is quite capable of being a ######-nozzle in other circumstances).

My recommendation to you is to take a deep breath and relax. If you get this worked up over someone blocking your view of the asphalt road in front of your house, then you are probably 9/10ths of the way to a heart attack and/or an ulcer.

These guys have an attached garage and a garage out in the back yard. This would be different if this guy was parking there for a night because he had no room anywhere else, but he's leaving it there for more than a week at times. So let me ask you, Ned Flanders, on what day would you get fed up with having some car parked in the only parking spot you have without moving? I know you have a breaking point. Mine just happens to be 5 god damn days. I don't think that's unreasonable.