Ticket In Private Property?

[spicybabes]

What is the name of your state? Pomona, California

Sunday morning Sept 30, 07 to my big surprise i found a ticket (done at 6:30 AM $50.00) on my car which is parked since May 14,07 in a private property the ticket say "PARK ON UNPAVED SURFACE". To give me the ticket he had to "trespass" in the property, also I'm not the owner I m only renting the house...he should give a warning instead of ticket since all these years people have been parking the same way. Does anyone had a similaire problem? Please give me your thaught about it and what should I do? Thanks in advanceWhat is the name of your state?

[moburkes]

Originally Posted by spicybabes

What is the name of your state? Pomona, California

Sunday morning Sept 30, 07 to my big surprise i found a ticket (done at 6:30 AM $50.00) on my car which is parked since May 14,07 in a private property the ticket say "PARK ON UNPAVED SURFACE". To give me the ticket he had to "trespass" in the property, also I'm not the owner I m only renting the house...he should give a warning instead of ticket since all these years people have been parking the same way. Does anyone had a similaire problem? Please give me your thaught about it and what should I do? Thanks in advanceWhat is the name of your state?

No warning is required.

[GulfBreeze]

to give you an example on how this is possible, here where I live, we have a county ordinance which states that all vehicles must be parked on surfaces made of either concrete, rocks or similar surfaces and not on dirt, grass or yards. so, when the inspectors drive by and see this, they CAN ticket the owner for violations if they see them here. it is to prevent people from parking in yards like hillbillies (and also maybe to avoid oil and other liquids from leaking into the ground)... this unpaved ordinance is common in some areas and appears to be the case in yours. they are not trespassing when they are issuing the ticket.

[moburkes]

No hillbillies in FL!

[CdwJava]

Originally Posted by spicybabes

What is the name of your state? Pomona, California

Sunday morning Sept 30, 07 to my big surprise i found a ticket (done at 6:30 AM $50.00) on my car which is parked since May 14,07 in a private property the ticket say "PARK ON UNPAVED SURFACE". To give me the ticket he had to "trespass" in the property, also I'm not the owner I m only renting the house...he should give a warning instead of ticket since all these years people have been parking the same way. Does anyone had a similaire problem? Please give me your thaught about it and what should I do? Thanks in advanceWhat is the name of your state?

What KIND of "private property" are we talking about? Is this the driveway? The backyard? An alley? The front yard?

And, what was the statute number on the citation?

Just from what little you wrote, I'd say you were either parked off a paved surface where you were not supposed to be ... or, you were parked ON a paved surface where you were not supposed to be ... hard to say without the code section.

- Carl

[GulfBreeze]

Originally Posted by moburkes

No hillbillies in FL!

no hills in FL, jed...no poor mountaineers, barely keeping their families fed.

but we do have a few people from LA (lower alabama) who think their front yards are parking lots.

[GulfBreeze]

Ordinance "Front yard parking prohibited, placing of citations on illegally parked vehicles; presumption of responsibility for violation." Basically this ordinance states that it is against City Ordinance to park a vehicle of any kind in the front yard of private property. The front yard is considered the area of land that faces a street that is in front of the house. If a house is on a corner lot and faces two streets, then both sides are considered a front yard. The ticket will be issued to the registered owner of the vehicle and it will be a $25 fine. If the problem persists at any given address, the residence of that address will be turned over to Zoning for further fines.

Surface design. All required parking (spaces, isles and accesses) shall be finished with an all weather surface which may include, but is not limited to, asphaltic concrete, concrete, S-I and S-II asphalt, crushed stone or shell, dolomite, paving stones and the like.

[spicybabes]

Originally Posted by moburkes

No warning is required.

What do you mean?? If you are referring about my English...let me tell you...I am French born/American citizen, English was not my first language, I am proud I can express myself because today there is not many born American that can do as well as I am.

[moburkes]

Originally Posted by spicybabes

What do you mean?? If you are referring about my English...let me tell you...I am French born/American citizen, English was not my first language, I am proud I can express myself because today there is not many born American that can do as well as I am.

How does a statement about a warning translate into someone's ethnicity?

he should give a warning instead of ticket since all these years people have been parking the same way.

Again, no warning was necessary, regardless of whom your parents are.

[spicybabes]

"What KIND of "private property" are we talking about? Is this the driveway? The backyard? An alley? The front yard?

And, what was the statute number on the citation?"

Its the driveway front yard next to the garage...the citation #PD30618/Viol:58-234(b)PCC...Thanks

[spicybabes]

Originally Posted by moburkes

How does a statement about a warning translate into someone's ethnicity?



Again, no warning was necessary, regardless of whom your parents are.

Sorry, I thaught your quote was referring to my vocabulary...Sorry again if it was not meant that way.

[The Occultist]

Originally Posted by spicybabes

Its the driveway front yard next to the garage

Since the scope of the law is referring to that section of your "private property", the officer was within his rights to "enter" your "private property" to cite you.

[CdwJava]

Looks like the same one Gulf found:

Sec. 58-234. Parking on private property.
(a) No person shall park a vehicle in a private driveway or on private property without the direct or implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession of such driveway or property.
(b) No person shall park a vehicle on private property except upon a surface improved and maintained with asphaltic concrete, concrete or other nonpervious surface acceptable to the building official.
(c) No vehicle shall be left in any guest parking location in the city, whether such guest parking is required by the city zoning ordinance or this Code, longer than 72 hours, unless otherwise permitted by the property owner. Any vehicle in violation of this subsection shall be considered an abandoned vehicle and subject to enforcement sections of the zoning ordinance or this Code.

Pay the fine.

- Carl

[PZABETY]

My boyfriend had the permission of his aunt in Pennsylvania to park his wrecked car there for a few months until he had the money to fix it. Then last weekend his mother informed us that his car was deemed a nusance by the town and the car was removed from the property. We had been given no warning by anyone. His aunt had become estranged from the rest of the family for a couple months and told us she was unable to contact us about the removal. We are positive his aunt did not complain about the vehicle on the property because not only had we remained on good terms with her but if we decided not to fix the car she was interested in purchasing it from us in a year or so for her daughter when she turns 16. Can the town do that without notifying the registered owner of the vehicle? Enen though we had explicit permission from the owner to keep the vehicle there? Its not like it was totalled or anything, just minor front end damage-the most expensive thing was the accident slightly bent the frame. Can they remove the vehicle without citing the owner of the vehicle first? We would have moved the vehicle if we had known but NOONE EVER contacted us!! The vehicle did not have plates or registration. We live in Maryland and the vehicle was on property in Pennsylvania.

ALL advice and opinions are GREATLY appreciated!!

[moburkes]

You'll need to start your own thread with your question, but if you do a search, that question has been asked and answered before.