Monday, November 23, 2009

Parking Violators - Edible Parking Arrangements?

One anonymous reader who is a taxpayer in the First Ward sent in these two photos of parking violations from one vendor that they have noticed repeatedly happen recently. Below is their brief write-up and photos; one showing shows a daytime violation and the other shows an overnight parking incident.

Dear HJ,

Since Edible Arrangements opened, I've noticed that the company delivery truck parks illegally in City Hall-only spots, and often over night. Yet the truck is never ticketed. Do they have special privileges with City Hall? Do they have a special parking permit? It doesn't make sense to me, particularly because the truck isn't just parked for a few minutes (while perhaps they're running in the store to collect more product) - it's parked overnight and for several hours at a time during the day. It would help to understand why Edible Arrangements is allowed to park in spaces designated for City Hall vehicles, Police vehicles, and fire trucks only. Does this mean other local businesses can also park in the City Hall parking?

Thanks for any input.

1st Ward taxpayer





My comments:

I would normally hesitate to post such pictures since local businesses need to sometime stand to unload goods and every parking violation can not simply be caught. Both the police and HPU can not be everywhere at all times. However, after querying the reader they told me that this keeps happening with the same vehicle.

Chime in your thoughts below in the comments section for your opinion on remediation or indifference... ◦
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