http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/2008/02/14/7/ Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/2008/02/14/7/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Ronald S. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:49:10 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/2008/02/26/7/#comment-2 I don’t think anyone needs to encourage the Alameda PD to write more parking violations. They are amazingly good at it as is. As a newcomer to the area, I was shocked when I received a ticket while giving my motorcycle a tune-up in my front yard on a nice, sunny Saturday afternoon…apparently it is against the law to park a vehicle on your property unless it is on a permitted driveway. The amount of time it had been parked there (in my case 45 minutes to an hour) is not considered. I’m sure the intent of the law was to keep people from parking junker cars on their front yards…but, technically, brand new motorcycles fall into the “vehicle” definition as well. Fined for changing spark plugs on my own bike parked on my own property. They seem to have plenty of creative ways to collect more city revenue besides tickets on Park Street!

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