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Posted By: electure If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/05/04 05:30 AM
Finally, a rule I can probably follow:


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What would you have to do to get a citation?
Park there for more than 10 hours. But how can they tell how long you have been there without a meter?
Posted By: dmattox Re: If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/06/04 12:26 PM
Places around here mark your tires with chaulk and then come back after the time period and ticket you.
Posted By: electure Re: If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/06/04 12:29 PM
But that 10 hrs applies only between the hrs of 6 & 4, and only on weekdays. The rest of the time you can park as long as you like.
Posted By: dmattox Re: If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/06/04 12:38 PM
if you got there at 5am wouldnt you then get a ticket at 3:01pm since you exceeded 10 hours during the time that you are not to exceed 10 hours?

Hehe, its a pretty bad sign, would sure be easy to get off on any type of ticket
Posted By: pauluk Re: If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/06/04 10:49 PM
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if you got there at 5am wouldnt you then get a ticket at 3:01pm since you exceeded 10 hours during the time that you are not to exceed 10 hours?
But wouldn't the "clock" on your 10 hours only start running from 6 a.m.?
Posted By: trekkie76 Re: If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/06/04 11:39 PM
only a bunch of electricians would debate the interpretation of the parking sign [Linked Image]
Posted By: dmattox Re: If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/07/04 12:32 AM
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But wouldn't the "clock" on your 10 hours only start running from 6 a.m.?

I think it could be argued either way. Which makes the sign fun [Linked Image]

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only a bunch of electricians would debate the interpretation of the parking sign

Hah, so true
Posted By: Jps1006 Re: If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/07/04 03:37 AM
Just goes to show you that even when you think it is spelled out fairly simply, there is a wide range of interpretation. I think that the FPN: TOW AWAY implies that any time other than the listed permissible times would result in a tow.

But then would that mean that no parking at all Sat. & Sun.??
This needs to go before the panel again at next session.
Posted By: electure Re: If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/07/04 04:24 AM
Actually, the arrow for the tow-away zone points the other direction. This is the dividing line.
Also, there's a guy that lives under this sign. We had to evict him from the warmth next to a utility transformer to do our project, so somebody got him a tent.

Downtown LA is quite a "different" type of place.
Posted By: pauluk Re: If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/07/04 08:48 PM
I just had a look at the current California driver's manual at the Calif. DMV website.

There's nothing beyond the usual parking rules that would help explain this weird sign, but I did find this entry under "More rules to know" :
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Do not shoot firearms on a highway or at traffic signs.

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Posted By: electure Re: If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/08/04 03:12 AM
"Do not shoot firearms on a highway or at traffic signs"
...It's a waste of valuable ammunition, and the lead's bad for the environment
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Posted By: DougW Re: If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/09/04 04:56 AM
Hey, they used to have PSA's (Public Service Announcements) from the PoCo in the UP (northern Michigan - Upper Peninsula) advising hunters to not shoot the insulators on the power poles when they got bored (or drunk).
Posted By: pauluk Re: If Code Compliance Was Only This Easy - 11/10/04 02:14 PM
It might be easy to obey the 10-hour parking rule, but what would you do here if you were trying to get to US-202 ? [Linked Image]

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As the old timer once said when asked for directions, "you just cant get there from here" [Linked Image]
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