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Parking in Podunk

‘Everyone’ knows yellow lines can be ignored

This is so typical of the Rupert attitude

Line has been painted over w black paint

  Councillor Kinney brought the matter to City Council attention—a citizen fined ($300??) for parking on yellow line in Cow Bay --- the line in question was an old bus stop that no longer used – but the yellow line still there--- ‘Everyone parked there’ --- but seems a ‘new’ RCMP officer took the line literally and gave a ticket

 

 

I’ll post the image later

Mail Truck is OK

This semi-trailer parked here every day for most of June – City Staff tracked it down and found out it was only the mail – (and not a local cannery etc) – so they decided to do nothing – ‘after all it moved every day’. Sounds like a common sense solution – except it is parked on a yellow line

True the yellow line is fading --- and might be ‘old’ --- but I am assured that it still legally means ‘no parking’ unless painted over --- normally none of this matters as we haven’t had bylaw officers until recently (job not filled for $$ reasons)

 

Revenue Source?

Several years ago city looking to increase revenue rather than increase taxes – it was suggested having boaters that leave trucks and trailers along road could be charged – the charter boat & recreation fishers protested so the plan was dropped, instead they started charging fees at the recreation center gym etc

This Alberta licensed trailer has apparently not moved in several weeks. Presumably his boat is at yacht club.

 

  Parked for weeks at time – why not?

True the fellow on left only there about a week

I see others from Washington and Alberta who have been parked there longer

 

Perhaps he would argue there are no signs along this stretch --- thus condoned by city that visitors can park here indefinitely

 

 

Junk yard or City parking lot?

This is Cow Bay parking lot; the car has been there for weeks parked behind the garbage bins --- looks to be a junker that left for city to haul away.

In same lot is a boat trailer with no licence plates

I note that maybe 10% of the boat trailers parked in lots and road do not have valid license plates on any given day

Created by LG on Feb 1, 2006

Last updated on Friday, July 07, 2006