Parking illegally for church not ticketed?

[Anonymous]

Around Lincoln Park in SE DC, have noticed on Sundays, cars park along the park-side of the street which is normally a driving lane with no parking allowed. I think this is for a church. Why are the cars parked illegally not ticketed? Does this happen elsewhere in DC? What hours can you illegally park here and not get ticketed?

[Anonymous]

I used to live in the Bloomingdale/Eckington area from 2007-2010 and I remember this being an issue. I don't know if the problem continues.

[Anonymous]

It happens near me in Columbia Heights. It's extremely annoying.

[Anonymous]

This is 6th Street, NW - they double and triple park. Charles Allen has done nothing about this. A few months ago an ambulance couldn't even make a turn because of the parking.

But you know CHURCH.

[Anonymous]

DC doesn't generally enforce any parking on Sundays.

[Anonymous]

Churches have some leeway in their parking.

[Anonymous]

There is apparently (at least historically) a 'law' that allows parking around churches on Sunday in DC. There is a lot of leeway as I park on the Maryland side of Western at Chevy Chase Circle every Sunday illegally and have never been ticketed. I remember there being a confirmation of this being true (for DC) in the Post 5 or so years ago as people living near churches with day long services being blocked in having no recourse. BTW - I don't block anyone in or obstruct fire hydrants or sight views with my Sunday parking and would not do so

[Anonymous]

You must be new around here. Church goers in DC are not required to follow the law.

[Anonymous]

There is no law that protects church parking on Sundays in DC. But there is no parking enforcement on Sundays and our elected officials will not change that policy. The churches wield a lot of power.

On the bright side, you can take advantage of the lack of Sunday parking enforcement and park illegally wherever you want. (not actually a bright side)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You must be new around here. Church goers in DC are not required to follow the law.

It's always amusing to see the newcomers not understand the role of the Ninth Ward in DC politics.

[Anonymous]

It's total BS and someone should sue. It's basically a first amendment violation.

[Anonymous]

This is the way church parking has worked for decades.

Just because YOU live here now, doesn't mean you get to transform every detail of the neighborhood into something that fits your idea of how things "should be".

Those people at the church were parking like that 30 years before you bought your renovated, subdivided human filing cabinet with granite countertops and bamboo floors.

So just accept it as part of living in a city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the way church parking has worked for decades.

Just because YOU live here now, doesn't mean you get to transform every detail of the neighborhood into something that fits your idea of how things "should be".

Those people at the church were parking like that 30 years before you bought your renovated, subdivided human filing cabinet with granite countertops and bamboo floors.

So just accept it as part of living in a city.

The city is enforcing the law in a discriminatory manner (favoring religion). It's a constitutional violation. Not to mention that it makes driving around places like Lincoln Park 100 times more dangerous because children can dart out from between parked cars. There's a reason there's no parking signs there.

[Anonymous]

Go read the thread about the neighbor who says the street parking spot is his and realize that you are going to bang your head against the wall on this. This has been going on for the 30 years I have lived here, not just on the Hill but in Logan Circle, Foggy Bottom, Columbia Heights, DuPont -- basically anyplace where people who have moved to MD come back to their "family" church. The police won't enforce and these illegal parkers have nothing but contempt for the current occupants of "their" neighborhood, so they don't think twice about founders-parking, blocking driveways, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the way church parking has worked for decades.

Just because YOU live here now, doesn't mean you get to transform every detail of the neighborhood into something that fits your idea of how things "should be".

Those people at the church were parking like that 30 years before you bought your renovated, subdivided human filing cabinet with granite countertops and bamboo floors.

So just accept it as part of living in a city.

The city is enforcing the law in a discriminatory manner (favoring religion). It's a constitutional violation. Not to mention that it makes driving around places like Lincoln Park 100 times more dangerous because children can dart out from between parked cars. There's a reason there's no parking signs there.

You're not from DC, are you?