According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the City of Del Mar, CA collected nearly 3.5% of it's annual budget via parking ticket fines. I believe that there is no grace period at meters (no exceptions for nights/weekends/holidays) and in my view, they are literally parking ticket crazy. The next closest cities in the county had less than half of those numbers, again according to the Union-Tribune. They use parking enforcement in the same way that some areas use speed traps, imo.
So with that background in mind, I parked in a private parking lot at the St. Peter's Church in Del Mar this past Friday at 9 pm. I used to park there every now and then years ago. No one seemed to mind terribly, as the church is closed.
When I returned to my car, I saw that I had been issued a parking citation for 22507.(B) CVC - Permit Required. I was surprised because I didn't believe this citation could be issued on what I believe to be private property. I also didn't see any signs discussing the requirement for a permit, but it's always possible I missed them.
Any thoughts on this? Was this citation properly issued, or might it be worth a challenge, assuming that I'm willing to spend a bit of time on it?
So with that background in mind, I parked in a private parking lot at the St. Peter's Church in Del Mar this past Friday at 9 pm. I used to park there every now and then years ago. No one seemed to mind terribly, as the church is closed.
When I returned to my car, I saw that I had been issued a parking citation for 22507.(B) CVC - Permit Required. I was surprised because I didn't believe this citation could be issued on what I believe to be private property. I also didn't see any signs discussing the requirement for a permit, but it's always possible I missed them.
Any thoughts on this? Was this citation properly issued, or might it be worth a challenge, assuming that I'm willing to spend a bit of time on it?
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