I live in Humboldt County, CA just outside the Eureka city limit. My house has terrible parking arrangements. The driveway is just about too steep to park in, there is a school crosswalk about 15 feet from one side of my driveway and my neighbors driveway is directly next to mine on the other side. The only place I can really park is in between my driveway opening and the crosswalk or about 50 feet down the road on either side putting me in front of my neigbors homes and my car totally out if sight of out house. Unfortunately, there is a fire hydrant right by the crosswalk as well. I can easily park there without obstructing the hydrant in any way but I am only about 5 feet from it. Blocking my driveway isn't an option because one of us has to get out of the garage and we would constantly playing the car shuffle game just to get out. It is a fairly busy residential street so I don't want to always have to park across the street and worry about traffic when loading and unloading my baby and/or the family dog.
Today I had a paper that looked to be ripped out of the DMV handbook with a couple things highlighted regarding parking near hydrants. I did some research and Vehicle code 22514 says I can't park within 15 feet of a hydrant. I cannot, however find anywhere that tells me the cost of the ticket if I were to get one. I am mainly curious because if this is more of a guideline and not an enforceable law I will continue to park where I do. In no way do I block access to the hydrant from any direction and it is literally the safest place to park near my home by far.
We have lived here since December and this is the first type of notice I have received about my parking. Someone across the street even got a ticket the other day for expired registration but I was not ticketed for my proximity to the hydrant. Maybe the cop did not notice me there but who knows.... Does anyone have info on the cost of the ticket I could get, if there is anyone I can talk to about the parking scenario at my house, etc... Would it even help to contact law enforcement about it? Thanks for any info.
Today I had a paper that looked to be ripped out of the DMV handbook with a couple things highlighted regarding parking near hydrants. I did some research and Vehicle code 22514 says I can't park within 15 feet of a hydrant. I cannot, however find anywhere that tells me the cost of the ticket if I were to get one. I am mainly curious because if this is more of a guideline and not an enforceable law I will continue to park where I do. In no way do I block access to the hydrant from any direction and it is literally the safest place to park near my home by far.
We have lived here since December and this is the first type of notice I have received about my parking. Someone across the street even got a ticket the other day for expired registration but I was not ticketed for my proximity to the hydrant. Maybe the cop did not notice me there but who knows.... Does anyone have info on the cost of the ticket I could get, if there is anyone I can talk to about the parking scenario at my house, etc... Would it even help to contact law enforcement about it? Thanks for any info.
