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April 3, 2008
Grey is the New Red
LAist Featured Photos contributor discarted submits these two below photos and asks "Can anyone figure out the whims of the Parking Enforcement these days? For months, years even, they’ve ignored this “grey” space, but then all of the sudden they decided it’s illegal to park here, citing it as a “red zone.” This is not even close to a red zone – am I missing something?" No discarted, you did not miss anything.
Our best guess is that the parking enforcement officer missed a button or misread the citation before serving it. It appears, but we could be wrong, two violations are present in this photo. 1. The vehicle appears to be parked 18-inches away from the curb. 2. It appears the car is parked too close to a driveway or cross street. Both are illegal. However, fight it. You were not cited for those two offenses, but you were cited for something bogus. Fight it and let us know what happens.
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i am familiar with this very same parking spot in the fez. The driveway, or curb, in the picture actually just leads into a brick wall for an autorepair shop, there is no driveway there! People park there every day, so unless the ticket was for a) street sweeping, or b) parking too far from the curb, the enforcement on this spot seems pretty odd.
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ah, good sleuth work thefez!
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hey LAist thanks for the post! this is great! just a few remarks to add in order to clarify some things.
1) the car was not parked 18 inches away from the curb. this was shot with a 24mm lense which distorts the image. the ford taurus does not look that sleek in person. this is how far i was:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/discarted/2386342946/in/set-72157604372068892/
2) the black car on the opposite side of the street is actually closer to the cross street, and the red zone on that side starts about 8-12 feet further back from where the taurus was parked
http://www.flickr.com/photos/discarted/2386336919/?rotated=1&cb=1207293256739
3) no driveway here. plus a car can be parked at the very edge of a driveway/curb. that's not illegal. in fact blocking a private driveway isn't even one of possible selections to check on the ticket. people block our driveway all the time. we've called LADT and they've said, "call a tow truck. we don't handle that."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/discarted/2385485919/in/set-72157604372068892/
4) the ticket was contested and is being reviewed. updates will be posted.
entire set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/discarted/collections/72157604372169560/
thanks for the post...
discarted
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It's hard to tell from this photo, and aomw of you seem to know the spot. But I used to know people who would spray-paint red zones they thought were unfair grey or white.
Then the city would re-paint, and they would re-paint, until the paint was 4 inches thick.
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"until the paint was 4 inches thick" haha
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What do the adjacent signs say?
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And that definitly looks like a painted over red curb, which sucks for you because if thats the case the parking bureau has no remorse for excuses, no matter how valid it seems.
Hey, just be happy you got away with it for so long if that is the case... ok easier said than done. I've had my share of screw overs by them, thats for sure.
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Many cars have been parking in this spot throughout the day since i received the ticket. and none of them have been cited. i've taken photos of those cars as well. the only signage on the street is friday street cleaning from 12-3pm. and just a reminder, this curb has been grey since september 2001 and i have never received a ticket there. i've also seen parking enforcement whiz by it, not stopping to ticket any car parked there. and if this should be a red zone then LADT needs to make an obvious red zone like in the other photos.
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Hopefully this is just a case of a dumb mistake. Let us know discarted!
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yeah, i can't remember ever seeing a person receive a ticket for parking along that strip; including parking in front of that "driveway." Who knows, it's worth a challenge because the street cannot afford to have any less parking spots!
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i agree 100%, and wish you luck.