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Ticket for parking on grass in my own yard(PARKING TICKET)

Posted on 06/10/2009 6:29:47 PM PDT by Jessica2677

Does anyone know if this is legal? We just got a parking ticket for parking in the grass in our own yard. The ticket says "can not park on grass or unpaved area(even if your own yard). I swear to god this is what the ticket says and its a $50 ticket that doubles to $100 then doubles to $200 Does anyone know anything about this law????


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To: Jessica2677

It’s not about the grass. It’s about all the vehicles. They don’t like that you have all those vehicles and trailers. The car on the grass was all they could come up with for a ticket.

The harassment won’t end until you are down to an average number of vehicles. So find out who is doing it and make sure they know you know.


61 posted on 06/10/2009 6:55:03 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: trumandogz

If someone in the neighborhood is having a party, a lot of times I’ll park one of our cars in the back yard by the garage to give visitors more parking space.


62 posted on 06/10/2009 6:55:06 PM PDT by 2111USMC
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To: Ditter

My husband ran to the grocery store to get milk and bread...then he pulled the un-rusted, fully functional car in the fron yard...


63 posted on 06/10/2009 6:56:45 PM PDT by Jessica2677 (Lets all stop paying taxes....change your deductions to EXEMPT!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
We had a time with one of our local code people over a upright freezer we had in the carport. They kept leaving us notices that we had to take the door off.

Such laws and codes are antiquated anyway. It's been something like 50 years since refrigerators and freezers were made with latching doors that couldn't be opened from the inside.

64 posted on 06/10/2009 6:57:07 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Jessica2677

Cops want to write tickets; it is why they became cops. They continue to write silly traffic citations while the real crime logs continue to grow and cases remain unsolved.

Was your citation the result of a complaint? If so, find out who complained and “talk” to them.

Pay the ticket, accept the fact of the matter and move on. It is not worth fighting; not for $50.


65 posted on 06/10/2009 6:58:19 PM PDT by Loud Mime (I've lost count: how many jobs has the bailout saved again?)
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To: Jessica2677

Look at the ticket, they should have given the statute number for the law that was violated. If there is no statute listed then it is probably not a legal writ. With any law you as the defendant have the right to review the law to determine a remedy of law for your defence. You can consult a lawyer but keep in mind they are officers of the court and are more likely to sell you out in court than help you. Look up the laws for yourself before hiring a lawyer. Most states have the laws posted on the Internet but your city ordenances will have to be looked up in your local Library, city councles office or court house.


66 posted on 06/10/2009 6:58:25 PM PDT by Basic_Problem
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To: Jessica2677

Too many damn cops and not enough real work is the problem.


67 posted on 06/10/2009 6:59:29 PM PDT by Clock King
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To: Jessica2677

Explain to the authorities that you were washing the car and conserving water by watering the lawn at the same time. Just being a good greenie—how can they object?


68 posted on 06/10/2009 6:59:48 PM PDT by Poincare
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To: Basic_Problem

Code 26-127.04.18


69 posted on 06/10/2009 7:00:11 PM PDT by Jessica2677 (Lets all stop paying taxes....change your deductions to EXEMPT!)
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To: Jessica2677
Pay the fine, start your election campaign (or buy a bigger lot). See Prince Georges County Code, choose Subtitle 26. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC., then select 26-127.04 Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places. (It's a Word document)
(b) Stopping, standing, or parking. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
(18) On an unpaved area of a residential lot that is one (1) acre or less in size.
(e) Penalty. Any person issued a citation for a violation of this Section shall be subject to a fine of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense.
They gotcha.
70 posted on 06/10/2009 7:00:23 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("I've conquered my goddam willpower." Don Marquis)
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To: Jessica2677

You said you have 4 cars and a trailer, does any one of the 4 usually sit on your grass? If you are short of driveway space I think I’d build more driveway because if they got you once, they will get you again. I’ll bet a bitchy neighbor turned you in.

We have a 3 dog limit and we have 4 dogs, I have been expecting.............


71 posted on 06/10/2009 7:01:37 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: trumandogz

“No one parks on their lawns in my neighborhood.”

The neighbors that were stacking 12+ people in their little 3 bedroom house parked 7 of their cars all over their lawn and our town did nothing about it.


72 posted on 06/10/2009 7:01:49 PM PDT by Londo Molari
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To: shadeaud

gree with a lot of posters, what the heck are you doing parking on the grass? I don’t care if it’s yours or Yankee Stadium. It’s a trailer trash habit that just devalues your home and the community. Double park if you must, but never ever park or let someone park on your grass( exception is if you have a lot of property behind the house that will hide the car from view.

Well, I dunno, I always park in my front yard on the grass. But then again I have five acres and I have no where else to park, except on my “lawn”. Ha!


73 posted on 06/10/2009 7:02:35 PM PDT by abigkahuna (Step on up folks and see the "Strange Thing" only a thin dollar, babies free)
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To: Jessica2677

I think the cop followed him from the grocery store. The grocery store receipt say he left the store at 7:55 and the ticket is at 8:32 pm and its not a ticket from a cop its one of those revenue authority people that ticket people at the mall parking lots.


74 posted on 06/10/2009 7:02:46 PM PDT by Jessica2677 (Lets all stop paying taxes....change your deductions to EXEMPT!)
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To: bamahead

May be worth a look.


75 posted on 06/10/2009 7:03:47 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Jessica2677
Does anyone know anything about this law????

Obviously YOU do. You got a ticket.

76 posted on 06/10/2009 7:04:30 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Jessica2677
Rush Limbaugh says EVERYBODY parks their cars on their front lawns in Rio Linda.

Maybe you should move to Rio Linda.

77 posted on 06/10/2009 7:04:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: dbrew2u
"So much for Property Rights :(",

The supreme court says you have no property rights. It's just a matter of the correct developer buying the correct amount of votes.

78 posted on 06/10/2009 7:05:37 PM PDT by org.whodat ("Way past time for new commodities regulation")
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To: Jessica2677

Solution: Pave your front yard. Completely.


79 posted on 06/10/2009 7:06:00 PM PDT by alancarp (Obama: treat the unborn with AT LEAST as much respect as you do terrorists!!)
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To: Sensei Ern; trooprally; hellinahandcart; sauropod; cindy-true-supporter; Fraxinus; ...

Maryland Black and Blue state ping


80 posted on 06/10/2009 7:06:01 PM PDT by BufordP ("I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market ..." --Jorge "the Abandoner" Bush)
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