After 36 years of parking in their driveway, couple is told it's illegal to do so?

This makes absolutely no sense to me, especially in a place with horrible parking options like San Francisco.

"They received a $1,542 fine for parking on their own property -- with the threat of a $250-per-day fee if they didn't get the car off their carpad."

"The San Francisco Planning Department is enforcing a decades-old section of code that bans motor vehicles of all kinds from being parked on a carpad or setback in front of a house unless it's accompanied by a garage or cover."

Seriously,who cares if someone parks on their own property? I hate over bearing rules like this...

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/couple-fined-1-500-parking-192801224.html

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Jayciedubb · 56-60, M

Are you talking about parking on the sidewalk? .. or are they parking within the footprint of the foundation of the their house?

I was born and raised in SF. I'm not totally sure, but I think what would be considered to be a driveway which is what the car drives on to get into the garage, in SF with the big wide sidewalk and no front yard, I think in those cases, the driveway is really an easement on land owned by the city.

If a car parks on it, if it's a big enough car , or maybe a truck, it makes it difficult for pedestrians to get by, maybe even impossible if it's a person with mobility issues.

I know it sucks that they can levy such a fine and continue to bilk them at such rates on a daily basis.

How did your friend show up on the city council's radar? Sometimes it doesn't take much.. .and when they notice you, they can be relentless and that take any defensive action against them as an act of defiance.

If I was your buddy, I would get shin splints or something that would require one of those blue "handy hooks" from DMV, then have the city come designate a "handicapped" parking spot , hopefully right where he wants to park. ADA trumps all those wannabe royals at city Hall .