Detroit Municipal Parking Department – Violation Code 802 – Improper Parking

Posted on 12/21/2009

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The vague “improper parking” -

Not easily accessible to read or understand, but readily applied to whatever unsuspecting visitor to the general Wayne State Campus area. They love to prey on visitors & residents in one of the only thriving business districts in the city.

See my letter to this  department, below:

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12/21/2009

Dear Sir/Madam,

I received the attached ticket while parked an extremely reasonable distance away from the mentioned intersection of Prentis and Cass. I frequently see cars parked much closer to the curb than I was, and as far as I know they are not a nuisance to the flow of vehicles whatsoever, nor are they obstructing traffic.

Included is a picture of how far away my car was from the curb at Prentis and Cass.

This is not the first time that I have received a questionable parking ticket from the City of Detroit. I am disappointed that the Municipal Parking Department is enforcing draconian policies to fund their operations.

Like all laws, parking laws should be enforced with prudence, and when it is in the interest of the public.
The ticket issued me on 12-09-09 is not an example of prudent law enforcement.

Given that I was a patron at the Cass Cafe while receiving the ticket – located across the street from where I parked – I might mention my strongly held belief that tickets based on “violations” like these are unnecessarily hurting the business community in the Cass Corridor. Your department’s needlessly strict issuance of these kinds of tickets drives away customers from an area that is already sorely hurting from the economic crisis.

I hope that you will reconsider your stance in my case and in other similar cases.

Sincerely,
Hannah Kelley

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Take a look at the code here.

Readers – I am open to interpretations. I understand the fire hydrant is there, but I still stand that I was far enough away from it.

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