Pittsburgh City issues citations- parking in your own driveway (Churchill: 2013, city hall)

[I_Like_Spam]

City Looking To Waive Citations For Parking In Your Own Driveway « CBS Pittsburgh


Apparently, there is a law on the books in Pittsburgh that bars folks from parking in their driveway less than 30 feet from the street.

Someone in city hall got the "smart" idea to start enforcing the ancient ordinance last week at the office of Building Inspection.

Although the city says they are now trying to "walk this back", this entire episode shows that the powers that be on Grant St. must be devoid of sense. Anyone who has traveled the residential streets in the city knows this is something down on every street in the city and few were aware that the ordinance even existed. One would think that the building inspector office would clear it at the highest level *before* writing scores of tickets to the kind of affluent Squirrel homeowners that the city should be seeking to attract and not repel with sudden changes in the way things are done.

[Hopes]

That's hilarious!

[escilade18]

Send the parking authority to Antarctica where they belong

[I_Like_Spam]

Originally Posted by escilade18

Send the parking authority to Antarctica where they belong

The Parking Authority isn't the culprit here. It was the Bureau of Building Inspection that issued the citations. The tickets went to the homeowner, not to the vehicle.

[Pghuser]

BBI generally goes out when someone complains to 311. This persons neighbor probably snitched.

[I_Like_Spam]

Originally Posted by Pghuser

BBI generally goes out when someone complains to 311. This persons neighbor probably snitched.

Just because someone snitches, it doesn't oblige the city to write citations for everyone on the block. There is some discretion allowed.

The city government's involvement in this kind of pettiness is a real bummer for those involved, and acts like a warning to people who might be considering to move into the city.

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by I_Like_Spam

Just because someone snitches, it doesn't oblige the city to write citations for everyone on the block. There is some discretion allowed.

The city government's involvement in this kind of pettiness is a real bummer for those involved, and acts like a warning to people who might be considering to move into the city.

It's more fair to write citations for everyone on the block. If the only wrote citations for the people who were snitched upon, that would be unfair. You can't apply the law to some people and not others.

It will soon be irrelevant. They're planning to eliminate the outdated law. The same will apply to other laws. If someone calls about a vehicle that has expired plates, the police should give citations to all vehicles with expired plates when they get to the area.

The city would be involved in pettiness if it only cited the one person targeted by snitches.

[HarryRSpooner]

This happened to my family in the Borough of Churchill. They were flabbergasted but learned their lesson real quick!

[Hopes]

What confuses me about the article is the man saying there isn't room for two people. Is he saying the driveways aren't wide enough, that there should be enough room for the width of the car and two people? Is he saying there should be access to the front door and the car is blocking access? Or is this just an aesthetics law?

One of my previous houses had a two car garage. We had three cars so one was always parked in the driveway. We sold the house to a family who bought separate cars for all the children when they turned 16. They expanded the driveway to hold a third row of cars. It's 3 cars by 3 cars. It truly does look like a parking lot. But I support their right to be as tacky as they want.

[zman63]

Originally Posted by I_Like_Spam

City Looking To Waive Citations For Parking In Your Own Driveway « CBS Pittsburgh


Apparently, there is a law on the books in Pittsburgh that bars folks from parking in their driveway less than 30 feet from the street.

Someone in city hall got the "smart" idea to start enforcing the ancient ordinance last week at the office of Building Inspection.

Although the city says they are now trying to "walk this back", this entire episode shows that the powers that be on Grant St. must be devoid of sense. Anyone who has traveled the residential streets in the city knows this is something down on every street in the city and few were aware that the ordinance even existed. One would think that the building inspector office would clear it at the highest level *before* writing scores of tickets to the kind of affluent Squirrel homeowners that the city should be seeking to attract and not repel with sudden changes in the way things are done.

This is why I am skeptical if this city is really "changing" for the better.