Handicap parking permit application

Updated on November 8, 2020 Carolyn Gibson moreI like to research and write about a variety of subjects that I find interesting. Winter brings out the devil in people over one specific issue. After a snowstorm, who owns the spot after you have shoveled out your car? There are those who firmly believe that if they shovel their car out after a snowstorm, they own the space. They then have the right to reserve their space by putting something there while they are away. The opponents of that belief say that while the person is at work, the space shoveled out should be available. No one should claim public space as their own, whether or not they shovel it out. Either way, protecting one’s parking space after a snowstorm can and has made enemies out of neighbors, and causes controversy anywhere snow blows on the ground. Snow removal is a problem.

Saving a shoveled out parking space is a bigger problem. Especially on a street where everyone has a vehicle. The tradition is often called the “Parking Chair”, because so many people use varieties of chairs to hold their car space. Due to its long-term custom, many city police will often ignore the parking violation to keep the peace. There are exceptions of dealing with the problem. Washington D.C. has a no tolerance policy. A “reserved” space is ticketed. After two heavy blizzards in 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland, Mayor Stephanie Rawlins-Blake refused to stop the practice. She eventually admitted defeat given the maximum efforts of time and money it would take to ticket and remove markers. In 2007, Boston, Massachusetts initiated a city ordinance stating that cars can remain and reserve their space for 48 hours after each storm. After that, a car is ticketed, and trash collectors are charged with removing and throwing away car markers during trash collecting rounds. To his credit, Mayor Thomas Menino uses common sense about the ordinance, depending on the severity of a snow storm.

He broadcasts any temporary changes in the length of being able to hold a space well in advance. Holding on to your parking spot after you dig it out is one of the most divisive issues during wintertime. Snowstorms can sometimes bring neighbors together. They will help push your car when it gets stuck. They will help shovel your sidewalk if they have a blower and you only have a shovel. Why do people believe they can and should possess their space on the street after they shovel it out? And, after shoveled out, how long should the space be reserved? This is the primary position of parking space possession: You spend many hours shoveling your car out from the street. The street plow then puts more snow on the side of the car, and you have to shovel out again. If there is a lot of snow, you run out of places to put it.

You can’t put it in the street, where the plow will return it to you. If you own a small front yard, with a blizzard carrying more than a foot of snow, or back-to-back storms, the yard will quickly fill up. After all that effort there are those who believe they earn the right to the space. The practice of saving a shoveled-out space is done anywhere high accumulations of snow are prevalent. Those states in highly trafficked streets will sometimes have over two feet of snow fall within a 24 hour period. Once I leave my space, anyone and everyone will park in it. Where do I park when I come home from work? One weekend, I went grocery shopping, and forgot to put the chair in my space. I returned with two large bags of groceries, only to find someone had parked in my spot. Where do I go then?