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Toledo Residents Get Ticketed for Parking In Their Driveways

Posted by Duane Lester on Jun 17th, 2009 • Clicks

Last month, I left you a link about residents of Washington, D.C. who were getting parking tickets while they were parked in their driveways.

Now, the same thing is happening in Toledo:

“I’ve lived here 43 years and last Thursday we had our 44th wedding anniversary,” said Charles Robertson, who received a parking violation. “I got a present from the city. Isn’t that nice?”

Residents’ vehicles were parked on a turn-around portion of their driveway in front of their property, something they need to safely get out of their drive on Holland-Sylvania, which, at times, can be busy.

Megan Robson, spokesperson for Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, released a statement to the media Monday evening.

“The Commissioner of Streets, Bridges and Harbor responded by going to the location of the complaint to assess whether it was valid or not,” Robson said in the statement. “She personally observed that it was a valid complaint. She observed several illegally parked vehicles along the first street she visited.”

“While there, a neighbor asked her to check out his street, which also had a number of illegally parked vehicles. Once she observed they too were illegally parked, she cited them as well. The City of Toledo supports its laws in general and illegally parked vehicles can and will be ticketed, and these tickets are considered valid.”

In the video, you can see the outrageous nature of these parking violations. It’s a wonder they were just ticketed and not shot on sight.