[RP TownTalk] question re: driveway "aprons"/ parking

[Sarah Wayland]

Hi Karen,

What ward do you live in? This is just the type of issue a council
member can help you resolve.

There's a map of the wards at the bottom of this page:

http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us/AboutRiverdalePark/Map.html

and you can find out how to contact your council representative using this page:

http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us/CityServices/contactInfo/index.html

-Sarah


On Jan 4, 2008 4:06 PM, Karen Smyth <karenfsmyth at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I am hoping to receive clarification from someone on this listserve in a
> position of authority, whether it be Town Hall, the police Dept, the mayor,
> Councilpersons, etc...
>
> Can you tell me what the law is regarding on street parking in front of
> street "aprons"?  I have an apron, without a driveway (yet) and a small work
> trailor in our back yard that we semi regularly need access to such apron to
> move in and out of for work, etc...
>
> I had a verbal altercation with this neighbor when I asked her to move one
> of the 2 cars blocking me on either side of me (including the one parked in
> front of my apron) so I can get out to go to work (literally almost bumper
> to bumper - maybe a foot of space on both ends), where she started to tell
> me I was parked too far up for her to get another car in front of me without
> blocking her driveway (I was not near her driveway - she had a car in front
> of me that blocked it by about a foot and a half - she didn't need to park
> there).   When I told her she should not be parking in front of our only
> excuse for a driveway, she told me she was told by a police officer with the
> Riverdale Police that she can park anywhere on this street, including in
> front of my apron because she "pays property taxes." [She was told after
> another argument over street parking with another neighbor - trend here?]
> ...
>
> I was under the belief that since it is in theory, our driveway entrance, no
> one (except us) should be able to park in front of it.  Seeing as my
> household has 2 cars and no functioning driveway, and they have 4-5+ cars at
> any one time and a driveway that easily fits 2 cars, I'd like clarification.
> Also, can someone tell me if I need special permits or anything to put in a
> driveway (not cement, but stone or pebble)?
>
> Thank you,
> Karen
>
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Sarah Wayland
Maryland - USA
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