[smokingfrog]

Is there supposed to be some reason for this incredibly stupid law, or do they just enjoy being a-holes?

[BwanaNdege]

Is there supposed to be some reason for this incredibly stupid law, or do they just enjoy being a-holes?

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[Sacajaweau]

You'll like this one....Sheds in your rear yard have to be 15 feet from each property line. Now how did they come up with this number??

Seems house sideline setbacks are 15 feet...so and I quote the chief honcho"...if you're walking along and look down the opening, you won't see the shed".

I couldn't help myself...I said "you mean the board has 8 dummies including yourself"?

[I_Like_Spam]

Is there supposed to be some reason for this incredibly stupid law, or do they just enjoy being a-holes?
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They do like that, but here in the City of Pittsburgh its almost certainly about the fine money. They are looking for money, the number of parking meters, residential parking zones and enforcement has really exploded over the past several years. Mr. Peduto, the councilman who will be mayor in January, proposed traffic signal cameras 5 years or so ago and was quite blunt that the idea was to generate money from tickets- he didn’t even make a pretense of saying it had anything to do with safety.

The law in question was passed 60 years ago and was never enforced, until suddenly now. Some wise acre in a city office found it in the ancient scrolls and the light bulb went off in his bureaucratic mind that this was found money.

I sincerely doubt that the city government wants to get people out of their cars. Fewer cars means less traffic or parking tickets and that means less money.

[Joe 6-pack]

A lot of older northeastern towns have narrow streets, and in the winter it is reasonable to ask people to park well away from the streets so that snow plows can clear the roadways without damaging cars that are parked too close.

If that is in fact, the rationale behind the Pittsburgh rule, it's downright asinine to enforce it in August/September.