My neighbors violate parking code constantly, I think they should be called in, my wife says I should let it go. Help settle our disagreement please.
I live in San Francisco where we have a loosely enforced law on the books that says you can't park your car in the same spot for more than 72 hours. On our street, in our particular neighborhood, the street sweeping happens on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. We have 2 neighbors in particular that have cars that they never drive, and park for 2-3 week periods in the parking spots closest to our house (directly in front of, and next to). They literally come out and move their car when the meter maids come through on street sweeping day, then wait for the truck to come by, then move their cars back into the spots, and leave them there until the next street sweeping day. They do this for months on end without fail.
This has meant we have had to park our car further from our house, and sometimes not even on our block. I feel what they are doing constitutes storing a vehicle in a public parking space, which is exactly what the law was written to prevent. That said, this seems to be a contentious issue on NextDoor, and the way the MTA's website puts it, it does sound like some people have used this complaint / enforcement procedure to harass neighbors at times.
If I were to call it in, it would be anonymous, but I'm certain they would suspect it was me, and quite frankly once they are forced to move I would use one of these spots if I saw them available. I don't want to harass my neighbors but I also feel what they are doing is selfish, inconsiderate to everyone else trying to park on our street and, when it comes down to it, against the law.
Is it worth the call, or is this something I shouldn't give as much of an eff about as I do? |
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