[Mpls] city parking laws?

[Tony Brant]

All I have worried about is (a) parking in one spot over 72 hours,  
(b) being parked on streets that have rush hour restrictions, and (c)  
parking near a fire hydrant or stop sign, but in Stevens Square,  
where I live, nobody seems to be following any of the laws.  You can  
be six inches from a stop sign and still not get a ticket (unless you  
have an out-of-state plate).

My parents live in Maple Grove, and I got a ticket when I had my car  
on the street at 2:10am (illegal to park on streets between 2 and  
6am).  I don't see how these types of laws are necessary.

Perhaps more time could be spent preventing and responding to crime  
than giving useless tickets, but that's just my opinion.

I now don't park on the streets because I talked with a Minneapolis  
Police Officer who told me cars parked on the street are more likely  
to get broken into, as a friend of mine experienced.  My car's still  
outside, but hopefully it's safer.

Tony Brant
Stevens Square


On Nov 10, 2005, at 2:01 PM, Chris Johnson wrote:

> Is it just me who can't find the applicable laws, or does the  
> following ordinance pretty much make everybody who parks their cars  
> overnight in their residential neighborhoods on the street, or all  
> day during the day on weekends, a criminal?  I'd say this law,  
> clearly mostly unenforced, is ridiculous.  There are probably  
> 100,000 violations per day.  We aren't living in Maple Grove, after  
> all.   See (b), (c) and (d) below, in particular.
>
>
>  478.100. General time limits for parking.
>
> (a)     No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand upon  
> any street in the congested zone for a period of time longer than  
> sixty (60) minutes during the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00  
> p.m., except on Sundays and legal holidays.
>
> (b)     No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand upon  
> any street for a period of time longer than sixty (60) minutes  
> between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day, except  
> physicians on emergency calls.
>
> (c)     No person in charge of a vehicle shall park or permit it to  
> stand upon any street or highway in the city for more than two (2)  
> consecutive hours, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.,  
> unless otherwise designated on signs erected and installed.
>
> (d)     No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand upon  
> any street or highway in the city for more than six (6) consecutive  
> hours between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., except in an  
> emergency or unless otherwise designated on signs erected and  
> installed.
>
> (e)     For the purpose of the regulations relating to limited  
> parking, any vehicle moved a distance of not more than two (2)  
> blocks during the limited parking period shall be deemed to have  
> remained stationary. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 411.130)
>
>
>
> I have a garage in which my car is always parked, but the recent  
> street sweeping got me to wondering.
>
> --
> Chris Johnson
> Fulton
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