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  2 0 The parking enforcement officer marks your tire, then comes back after two hours and tickets those tires that are marked. Moving your car resets the two hours. You have a legitimate claim here but, a hard one to prove either way. You should fight it. The city would be hard pressed to prove you were actually there over two hours. Kip Waddle answered in Cars, Bikes & Transit about 1 year ago | Report 9 comments by keshmeshi, Kip Waddle, and Nathaniel Irons… 0 0 Gracias. keshmeshi commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Good luck and thanks for the shroom! Kip Waddle commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I'm not sure they have to prove you were there for two hours. The ticketing officer's assertion that the chalk mark was still present would suffice, because it would indicate you didn't move very far. Along the same lines, my understanding is that the paid meter machines won't allow you to buy more than the set number of hours of parking on the same block, at least not on the same credit card, even in multiple transactions. Nathaniel Irons commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 ^not true actually. I used to park outside of my U-District apartment and re-park as needed all day. I mean I'd (usually) move the car across the street though. NGC1275 commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 The actual code is vague: No person shall stand or park a vehicle upon a street for a longer period of time than the limit that is signposted. Parking spaces may be used without respect to time limit posted on Sundays and parking holidays, except where otherwise indicated by the signposting on the block or for individual parking spaces. Kip Waddle commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I found that code myself, and that's why I was asking. I moved the car well down the block and across the street, requiring lots of backing up and moving forward, especially since I wound up too far from the curb on the first try. That's some pretty resilient chalk if it lasted through that. Too late though. I already sent in my request for a hearing. keshmeshi commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Bad news. According to the nice lady I just talked to at the city, you have to move to a new block or around the corner. I am sorry for giving you a bad answer. Feel free to revoke the mushroom. It definitely doesn't pass the logic test though so they may take pity on you. Kip Waddle commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Since you ultimately gave the right answer, I say you still deserve some shroomy goodness. I guess I'll challenge it on the basis of selective enforcement. If the city wants to enforce a one block rule, then they need to explicitly spell that out somewhere. Assuming it isn't spelled out in some code that I just can't seem to find, I would hope that the judge will let me off to make me go away. keshmeshi commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Carry a bottle of water with you, and when you move your car, first wash the chalk mark off and if you can, dry it so that the chalk mark doesn't appear to have been just recently washed off. Once, I saw my tired had been chalked, and I walked around to it, and scrubbed it with my shoe just to make sure it wasn't permanent, and a meter maid across the street yelled over at me "You'll still get a ticket, buddy..." I replied, "Really? Then I guess I'll just continue on my way"...got in, and drove away. The look on her face was priceless. O my captain commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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