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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland@gmail.com><BR>To: Karen Smyth <karenfsmyth@yahoo.com><BR>Cc: TownTalk <towntalk@riverdale-park.org><BR>Sent: Friday, January 4, 2008 4:20:39 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] question re: driveway "aprons"/ parking<BR><BR>Hi Karen,<BR><BR>What ward do you live in? This is just the type of issue a council<BR>member can help you resolve.<BR><BR>There's a map of the wards at the bottom of this page:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us/AboutRiverdalePark/Map.html" target=_blank>http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us/AboutRiverdalePark/Map.html</A><BR><BR>and you can find out how to contact your council representative using this page:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us/CityServices/contactInfo/index.html"
target=_blank>http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us/CityServices/contactInfo/index.html</A><BR><BR>-Sarah<BR><BR><BR>On Jan 4, 2008 4:06 PM, Karen Smyth <<A href="mailto:karenfsmyth@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:karenfsmyth@yahoo.com">karenfsmyth@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR>><BR>> I am hoping to receive clarification from someone on this listserve in a<BR>> position of authority, whether it be Town Hall, the police Dept, the mayor,<BR>> Councilpersons, etc...<BR>><BR>> Can you tell me what the law is regarding on street parking in front of<BR>> street "aprons"? I have an apron, without a driveway (yet) and a small work<BR>> trailor in our back yard that we semi regularly need access to such apron to<BR>> move in and out of for work, etc...<BR>><BR>> I had a verbal altercation with this neighbor when I asked her to move one<BR>> of the 2 cars blocking me on either side of me (including the one parked in<BR>>
front of my apron) so I can get out to go to work (literally almost bumper<BR>> to bumper - maybe a foot of space on both ends), where she started to tell<BR>> me I was parked too far up for her to get another car in front of me without<BR>> blocking her driveway (I was not near her driveway - she had a car in front<BR>> of me that blocked it by about a foot and a half - she didn't need to park<BR>> there). When I told her she should not be parking in front of our only<BR>> excuse for a driveway, she told me she was told by a police officer with the<BR>> Riverdale Police that she can park anywhere on this street, including in<BR>> front of my apron because she "pays property taxes." [She was told after<BR>> another argument over street parking with another neighbor - trend here?]<BR>> ...<BR>><BR>> I was under the belief that since it is in theory, our driveway entrance, no<BR>> one (except us) should be able
to park in front of it. Seeing as my<BR>> household has 2 cars and no functioning driveway, and they have 4-5+ cars at<BR>> any one time and a driveway that easily fits 2 cars, I'd like clarification.<BR>> Also, can someone tell me if I need special permits or anything to put in a<BR>> driveway (not cement, but stone or pebble)?<BR>><BR>> Thank you,<BR>> Karen<BR>><BR>> ________________________________<BR>> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> TownTalk mailing list<BR>> To post to the list, send mail to <A href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org" ymailto="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</A><BR>> <A href="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org" ymailto="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org</A> is for automated subscription processing<BR>> only<BR>> <A
href="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk" target=_blank>http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk</A><BR>><BR>> For more information about Riverdale Park, visit<BR>> <A href="http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us/" target=_blank>http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us</A><BR>><BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Sarah Wayland<BR>Maryland - USA<BR><A href="mailto:sarah.wayland@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:sarah.wayland@gmail.com">sarah.wayland@gmail.com</A><BR></DIV><BR></DIV></div><br>
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