Blocking Neighbor's Driveway

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Anonymous wrote:No one can block the apron, not even you if you own it.

This. Years ago I got ticketed for blocking my own driveway.

Do you have Codes enforcement? I would call them and get the Parker ticketed.

Sort of ridiculous to ticket someone for blocking their own driveway.

and yet they do. I live in the suburbs and you will get ticketed for this.

What jurisdiction?
I work with parking officers and we literally do not ticket if it’s their own driveway. They can run the tag and check.

Not ticketing doesn't make it legal.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter12/section46.2-1239/

No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, on a highway in front of a private driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or the entrance to a fire station, within 15 feet of the entrance to a plainly designated emergency medical services agency, or within 20 feet from the intersection of curb lines or, if none, then within 15 feet of the intersection of property lines at any highway intersection.

I don't understand why it should be illegal to block your own driveway, though I guess you don't want to have to make the parking attendants verify that the car blocking any given driveway shouldn't be there.

Because you don't own that space in front of your driveway. It doesn't belong to you, you can't choose to use it for parking.

But if the driveway wasn't there, it would be available for parking for whoever wanted to use it. So why isn't it available for parking to the owner of the driveway?

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Anonymous wrote:No one can block the apron, not even you if you own it.

This. Years ago I got ticketed for blocking my own driveway.

Do you have Codes enforcement? I would call them and get the Parker ticketed.

Sort of ridiculous to ticket someone for blocking their own driveway.

and yet they do. I live in the suburbs and you will get ticketed for this.

What jurisdiction?
I work with parking officers and we literally do not ticket if it’s their own driveway. They can run the tag and check.

Not ticketing doesn't make it legal.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter12/section46.2-1239/

No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, on a highway in front of a private driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or the entrance to a fire station, within 15 feet of the entrance to a plainly designated emergency medical services agency, or within 20 feet from the intersection of curb lines or, if none, then within 15 feet of the intersection of property lines at any highway intersection.

I don't understand why it should be illegal to block your own driveway, though I guess you don't want to have to make the parking attendants verify that the car blocking any given driveway shouldn't be there.

Because you don't own that space in front of your driveway. It doesn't belong to you, you can't choose to use it for parking.

But if the driveway wasn't there, it would be available for parking for whoever wanted to use it. So why isn't it available for parking to the owner of the driveway?

The driveway is there. Why is that hard to understand?

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Anonymous wrote:No one can block the apron, not even you if you own it.

This. Years ago I got ticketed for blocking my own driveway.

Do you have Codes enforcement? I would call them and get the Parker ticketed.

Sort of ridiculous to ticket someone for blocking their own driveway.

and yet they do. I live in the suburbs and you will get ticketed for this.

What jurisdiction?
I work with parking officers and we literally do not ticket if it’s their own driveway. They can run the tag and check.

Not ticketing doesn't make it legal.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter12/section46.2-1239/

No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, on a highway in front of a private driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or the entrance to a fire station, within 15 feet of the entrance to a plainly designated emergency medical services agency, or within 20 feet from the intersection of curb lines or, if none, then within 15 feet of the intersection of property lines at any highway intersection.

I don't understand why it should be illegal to block your own driveway, though I guess you don't want to have to make the parking attendants verify that the car blocking any given driveway shouldn't be there.

Because you don't own that space in front of your driveway. It doesn't belong to you, you can't choose to use it for parking.

But if the driveway wasn't there, it would be available for parking for whoever wanted to use it. So why isn't it available for parking to the owner of the driveway?

It is. If there actually is a law saying you cannot block your own driveway, then ignore it. Silly laws are meant to be broken.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. You even have to stay 10-15 ft away from it.

Citation? This makes no sense.

DP. In my neighborhood in Virginia, people get ticketed frequently on summer Saturday mornings when swim meets are going on.

When the pool parking lot get full, people try to sqeeeeze in right up to driveways- I guess so they can walk a slightly shorter distance. They come back to their cars three hours later to find they’ve been ticketed. We have notified the other teams to tell their parents not to park close to driveways, but they’ll still do it.

What? There is a big difference between 10-15 feet and “squeezing in right up to driveway[s].”

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Anonymous wrote:No one can block the apron, not even you if you own it.

This. Years ago I got ticketed for blocking my own driveway.

Do you have Codes enforcement? I would call them and get the Parker ticketed.

Sort of ridiculous to ticket someone for blocking their own driveway.

and yet they do. I live in the suburbs and you will get ticketed for this.

What jurisdiction?
I work with parking officers and we literally do not ticket if it’s their own driveway. They can run the tag and check.

Not ticketing doesn't make it legal.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter12/section46.2-1239/

No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, on a highway in front of a private driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or the entrance to a fire station, within 15 feet of the entrance to a plainly designated emergency medical services agency, or within 20 feet from the intersection of curb lines or, if none, then within 15 feet of the intersection of property lines at any highway intersection.

I don't understand why it should be illegal to block your own driveway, though I guess you don't want to have to make the parking attendants verify that the car blocking any given driveway shouldn't be there.

Because you don't own that space in front of your driveway. It doesn't belong to you, you can't choose to use it for parking.

But if the driveway wasn't there, it would be available for parking for whoever wanted to use it. So why isn't it available for parking to the owner of the driveway?

It is. If there actually is a law saying you cannot block your own driveway, then ignore it. Silly laws are meant to be broken.

Can I get a list of the silly laws that I am allowed to ignore?

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Anonymous wrote:No one can block the apron, not even you if you own it.

This. Years ago I got ticketed for blocking my own driveway.

Do you have Codes enforcement? I would call them and get the Parker ticketed.

Sort of ridiculous to ticket someone for blocking their own driveway.

and yet they do. I live in the suburbs and you will get ticketed for this.

What jurisdiction?
I work with parking officers and we literally do not ticket if it’s their own driveway. They can run the tag and check.

Not ticketing doesn't make it legal.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter12/section46.2-1239/

No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, on a highway in front of a private driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or the entrance to a fire station, within 15 feet of the entrance to a plainly designated emergency medical services agency, or within 20 feet from the intersection of curb lines or, if none, then within 15 feet of the intersection of property lines at any highway intersection.

I don't understand why it should be illegal to block your own driveway, though I guess you don't want to have to make the parking attendants verify that the car blocking any given driveway shouldn't be there.

Because you don't own that space in front of your driveway. It doesn't belong to you, you can't choose to use it for parking.

But if the driveway wasn't there, it would be available for parking for whoever wanted to use it. So why isn't it available for parking to the owner of the driveway?

It is. If there actually is a law saying you cannot block your own driveway, then ignore it. Silly laws are meant to be broken.

Can I get a list of the silly laws that I am allowed to ignore?

Too scared or lazy to make one yourself?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No one can block the apron, not even you if you own it.

This. Years ago I got ticketed for blocking my own driveway.

Do you have Codes enforcement? I would call them and get the Parker ticketed.

Sort of ridiculous to ticket someone for blocking their own driveway.

and yet they do. I live in the suburbs and you will get ticketed for this.

What jurisdiction?
I work with parking officers and we literally do not ticket if it’s their own driveway. They can run the tag and check.

Not ticketing doesn't make it legal.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter12/section46.2-1239/

No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, on a highway in front of a private driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or the entrance to a fire station, within 15 feet of the entrance to a plainly designated emergency medical services agency, or within 20 feet from the intersection of curb lines or, if none, then within 15 feet of the intersection of property lines at any highway intersection.

I don't understand why it should be illegal to block your own driveway, though I guess you don't want to have to make the parking attendants verify that the car blocking any given driveway shouldn't be there.

Because you don't own that space in front of your driveway. It doesn't belong to you, you can't choose to use it for parking.

But if the driveway wasn't there, it would be available for parking for whoever wanted to use it. So why isn't it available for parking to the owner of the driveway?

The driveway is there. Why is that hard to understand?

If I want to park a car in the driveway and then parallel park in front of the driveway so the car in the driveway can’t get out, why should that be illegal? I am the only victim of my crime.