What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? California
I was picking up my daughter after school and stopped to let her in. A police man asked if I'd seen the "No Parking" signs and I answered "NO". He then started writing a ticket as my daughter approached and got in the car. I had stopped about 2-3 feet from the curb and protested I had not parked, only stopped to lpick her up, but he insisted I was parked and issued the ticket. I appealed it to the city, but it was upheld as "Officer states he approached the car after it was 'parked'". I found a definition of "Parking" in Black's Law dictionary and sent a copy of it with the request for an "administrative Review" but it didn't seem to matter (it was from some Minnesota Court decision). I asked for a hearing (having sent in the $30 fine) and I want to have as much ammo as possible when I confront the hearing official. Can anyone refer me to a better or more appropriate statute or definition for "PARKING" or suggest how to approach this? This was for the city of Arcadia, in Southern California.
I was picking up my daughter after school and stopped to let her in. A police man asked if I'd seen the "No Parking" signs and I answered "NO". He then started writing a ticket as my daughter approached and got in the car. I had stopped about 2-3 feet from the curb and protested I had not parked, only stopped to lpick her up, but he insisted I was parked and issued the ticket. I appealed it to the city, but it was upheld as "Officer states he approached the car after it was 'parked'". I found a definition of "Parking" in Black's Law dictionary and sent a copy of it with the request for an "administrative Review" but it didn't seem to matter (it was from some Minnesota Court decision). I asked for a hearing (having sent in the $30 fine) and I want to have as much ammo as possible when I confront the hearing official. Can anyone refer me to a better or more appropriate statute or definition for "PARKING" or suggest how to approach this? This was for the city of Arcadia, in Southern California.