Neighbor has left car in front of my house for 3+ weeks

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. It is inconsiderate for someone who doesn't live in the neighborhood to abandon their car in front of someone else's house. It is inconsiderate anywhere on the street, but doing it in front of someone's house prevents them from being able to have their visitors occasionally use it.

PP, you should park your relatives car in your driveway and you park your car, which is moved more frequently, in whatever spot is available when you come home.

This is the correct answer.

+1

+1. The neighbor should not impose on OP the inconvenience he himself does not want to bear. Wh doesn't he want the car parked in front of his own house??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, a relative of mine leaves his car on our street for a month at a time when he travels overseas. It's usually in front of a neighbor's house because our second car is in front of ours. My neighbor only has one car in the driveway so I never asked their permission for that spot, and in any case it's a public street so anyone can park there. What makes people think they own the street?

You and your relative are inconsiderate assholes.

Imagine how junked up the neighborhood would look if every asshole felt entitled to use the street as long term parking.

I don't have to imagine it because everyone on our street does use the street for parking. We have driveways and no garages so everyone with 2 cars has to park one on the street. I am very confused by people who say cars that stay on the street for 24 hours or a week or whatever should be towed. Does that mean if I have a second car and don't drive it for a week it should be towed? I'm seriously confused because our whole street is lined with cars all the time. Our neighbors don't park a car in front of their house so why shouldn't someone else use it?

Do you really not understand the difference between cars that are actually moved around meaning they are in use, maintained, washed, etc. vs. people just leaving their cars to collect dust, have their battery die, bird crap all over them, streets being plowed around them as snow turns gray in the winter, etc. It's not about having a cars parked on the street. It's about having someone use the roadway in front of your house as dumping ground for a vehicle they don't want to deal with for an extended period of time. If they don't want to deal with having it in front of their own house why should their neighbor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, a relative of mine leaves his car on our street for a month at a time when he travels overseas. It's usually in front of a neighbor's house because our second car is in front of ours. My neighbor only has one car in the driveway so I never asked their permission for that spot, and in any case it's a public street so anyone can park there. What makes people think they own the street?

You and your relative are inconsiderate assholes.

Imagine how junked up the neighborhood would look if every asshole felt entitled to use the street as long term parking.

I don't have to imagine it because everyone on our street does use the street for parking. We have driveways and no garages so everyone with 2 cars has to park one on the street. I am very confused by people who say cars that stay on the street for 24 hours or a week or whatever should be towed. Does that mean if I have a second car and don't drive it for a week it should be towed? I'm seriously confused because our whole street is lined with cars all the time. Our neighbors don't park a car in front of their house so why shouldn't someone else use it?

Do you really not understand the difference between cars that are actually moved around meaning they are in use, maintained, washed, etc. vs. people just leaving their cars to collect dust, have their battery die, bird crap all over them, streets being plowed around them as snow turns gray in the winter, etc. It's not about having a cars parked on the street. It's about having someone use the roadway in front of your house as dumping ground for a vehicle they don't want to deal with for an extended period of time. If they don't want to deal with having it in front of their own house why should their neighbor?

+1 exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, a relative of mine leaves his car on our street for a month at a time when he travels overseas. It's usually in front of a neighbor's house because our second car is in front of ours. My neighbor only has one car in the driveway so I never asked their permission for that spot, and in any case it's a public street so anyone can park there. What makes people think they own the street?

You and your relative are inconsiderate assholes.

Imagine how junked up the neighborhood would look if every asshole felt entitled to use the street as long term parking.

I don't have to imagine it because everyone on our street does use the street for parking. We have driveways and no garages so everyone with 2 cars has to park one on the street. I am very confused by people who say cars that stay on the street for 24 hours or a week or whatever should be towed. Does that mean if I have a second car and don't drive it for a week it should be towed? I'm seriously confused because our whole street is lined with cars all the time. Our neighbors don't park a car in front of their house so why shouldn't someone else use it?

Do you really not understand the difference between cars that are actually moved around meaning they are in use, maintained, washed, etc. vs. people just leaving their cars to collect dust, have their battery die, bird crap all over them, streets being plowed around them as snow turns gray in the winter, etc. It's not about having a cars parked on the street. It's about having someone use the roadway in front of your house as dumping ground for a vehicle they don't want to deal with for an extended period of time. If they don't want to deal with having it in front of their own house why should their neighbor?

+1 exactly.

+ 1 why is this such a hard concept for people to grasp?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, a relative of mine leaves his car on our street for a month at a time when he travels overseas. It's usually in front of a neighbor's house because our second car is in front of ours. My neighbor only has one car in the driveway so I never asked their permission for that spot, and in any case it's a public street so anyone can park there. What makes people think they own the street?

You and your relatives are both assholes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, a relative of mine leaves his car on our street for a month at a time when he travels overseas. It's usually in front of a neighbor's house because our second car is in front of ours. My neighbor only has one car in the driveway so I never asked their permission for that spot, and in any case it's a public street so anyone can park there. What makes people think they own the street?

You and your relatives are both assholes.

Seriously. Why can't your relative park his car in front of his own house?

[Anonymous]

Label it an abandoned car and call 311.

[Anonymous]

This is Montgomery County, correct?

They are not allowed park there more than 24 hours, per county code. They can park directly in front of THEIR house (well, actually they cannot since the car owner doesn't reside with your neighbor).

So, OP, call the cops and complain. All these people saying they have a right to do this are wrong.

Sec. 31-16. Parking over twenty-four hours prohibited.
The parking of motor vehicles and trailers upon the highways, roads and streets in the county for a period longer than twenty-four (24) hours is hereby prohibited; except when not otherwise prohibited adjacent to property lines of owner’s residence or business. (1978 L.M.C., ch. 7, § 2.)

[Anonymous]

Links:

http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=amlegal:montgomeryco_md_mc

http://www.amlegal.com/pdffiles/MCMD/10-06-2000.pdf

[Anonymous]

When my neighbor did this I threatened to have the car towed. The next day they moved it. It's just tacky to park your broke down vehicle in front of someone's home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's a public street. You don't own it, and don't have the right to tell people not to park there.

So get over it.

In Arlington, this is incorrect. It is considered an abandoned vehicle. If it's reported to the county, they will tow it.

Not sure how it is in FF County but I know one neighbor called the cops after got tired of seeing a POS parking in front of his house for weeks. The cops showed up, traced the plate or did something and found the owner nearby. The owner of the POS now parks it on his own driveway.

It's still not clear why the owner had to move it then, if it belonged to a neighbor and not an abandoned car?

I feel for everyone here. My neighbor parks his police car in front of our house every night instead of in front of his house. We live on a wide street with plenty of parking. I find this irritating I guess b/c I am not a huge fan of the police. I do know that it has made friends and family nervous too when they came by.

Why would it make them nervous? Are your friends and family part of the criminal element or the kind of people who deal drugs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a public street. You don't own it, and don't have the right to tell people not to park there.

So get over it.

In Arlington, this is incorrect. It is considered an abandoned vehicle. If it's reported to the county, they will tow it.

Not sure how it is in FF County but I know one neighbor called the cops after got tired of seeing a POS parking in front of his house for weeks. The cops showed up, traced the plate or did something and found the owner nearby. The owner of the POS now parks it on his own driveway.

It's still not clear why the owner had to move it then, if it belonged to a neighbor and not an abandoned car?

I feel for everyone here. My neighbor parks his police car in front of our house every night instead of in front of his house. We live on a wide street with plenty of parking. I find this irritating I guess b/c I am not a huge fan of the police. I do know that it has made friends and family nervous too when they came by.

Why would it make them nervous? Are your friends and family part of the criminal element or the kind of people who deal drugs?

You caught us. We are all fugitives. Just not a huge fan of having a cop car parked in front of our house. Why can't he just f!#$ING park in front of his house?

[Anonymous]

We always keep a broken kitchen chair in front of our house to "save" our space.


Pittsburgh only. Love the brick streets.

[Anonymous]

Egg it. Or sneak out in the middle of the night and pee on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is Montgomery County, correct?

They are not allowed park there more than 24 hours, per county code. They can park directly in front of THEIR house (well, actually they cannot since the car owner doesn't reside with your neighbor).

So, OP, call the cops and complain. All these people saying they have a right to do this are wrong.

Sec. 31-16. Parking over twenty-four hours prohibited.
The parking of motor vehicles and trailers upon the highways, roads and streets in the county for a period longer than twenty-four (24) hours is hereby prohibited; except when not otherwise prohibited adjacent to property lines of owner’s residence or business. (1978 L.M.C., ch. 7, § 2.)

No, I'm in PG. The limit here is 48 hours, I think. Considering we are approaching a month, I think the car has been there more than long enough to be towed. I complained to my neighbor across the street and she says I should go ahead and tell them to move their car.