Description
Yale construction worker parks here every morning using visitor tag for months (just got the new one!). People commuting to work are not visitors. The owner of the tag should be fined $200 for misuse of the tag, and the car should be ticketed, according to the city ordinances.
11 Comments
neighbor (Guest)
Acknowledged Transportation, Traffic & Parking Department - Daytime Parking Enforcement Supervisor (Verified Official)
BM340 (Guest)
Dear Neighbor, That is actually not true.
If you have been following the issue here, in which many people have been complaining for months, visitor tags can only be given by residents to people who are visiting the household. They can not be used for any other purpose. They cannot be given or sold to anyone, and people who are actually residents cannot use visitor tags; they need to get yearly parking stickers.
Any other use is an abuse of the system. The Parking Department is aware of this, and also of the fact that some residents have sold their guest tags to people who commute. Any such use is a clear violation of the conditions for use of residential zone visitor parking tags, and this abuse carries a penalty of $200. The Parking Department has asked to be informed of cars that appear to be parking in violation of the rules. That is why a number of residents are posting.
Residential parking zones were designated to try to guarantee enough parking spaces for people who live there. People who work in zones with residential parking have to do what employees do everywhere, which is pay for the closest parking, or find a non-restricted area nearby. The construction workers have been provided parking areas, from which they walk or are shuttled in vans. Once again, any use of a "visitor" tag by a person who is not visiting a resident is illegal. If anyone is confused about this, more information is available on the city website, or by calling the Parking Department.
neighbor (Guest)
BM340,,, I do understand you, and your reasons,, and will repeat.. either option works.. either he needs a special status or you need to be more considerat,, to paraphrase. You may be technically correct and still actually unjust.
If the parking people do have a special status to offer then that's wonderful and I hope the owner of the vehicle gets it.
I did not realize this is an ongoing issue, and I have other things to do than get embroiled in this one.
QueenLa2 (Guest)
Boswer (Guest)
MaMa Rose (Registered User)
RFM (Registered User)
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Bob B. (Guest)
Closed Manager of Operations, Process Improvement - Transportation, Traffic, & Parking (Verified Official)