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Parking ban in burlington when its snowing is bullshiiiit
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ok so i was just parked on South Williams street from 9 pm to 10 45 pm and i got a 100 fuckin dollar parking ticket!!! aparently theres a new law that if it is stormy or appears to have snow coming that they can flash this little orange lights that are about 60 ft up in the air with a sign that says no parking in regular small sign writing...i only saw ONE the whole time and it was when i was backtracking on east ave which i didnt even take to park....this is complete shit...i could understand if they had signs on every street...when i got to my car at 10 45 the two truck was there and they had it winched up ready to pull...im fuckin lucky i got there then and thy arent legally allowed to tow you once you are there so i didnt ahve to pay another large fine...this just pisses me off and its another hundy onto the other $300 i owe the city for diversion and speeding ticket which is another story...this is my fuckin vent on the coniving bastards of burlington...the tow trucks were ON FORCE tonight
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yeah burlington is a money sucking pit of death. UVM is in burlington max, i thought you knew that it was a money sucker from the moment we walked into that place
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To be fair the lights had been blinking since i left for work yesterday at 10:30 am and the ban was supposed to start at 10 pm. It is a shitty fucking ticket though. I got a $60 ticket this summer for parking outside oakledge. The was about 50 cars parked there and only 5 of us got tickets. I was in the lucky 5. FUCK BURLIGNTON METERMAIDS
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Check your email. UVM forwards the parking ban email before every storm.
I'm in MA, and I got the email. It came at 2:53 pm on 1/2/2010. Here's what it says:
"A parking ban has been declared by the City of Burlington starting at 10:00 P.M. Saturday Jan 2, 2010. Due to the possible length of this storm you should expect that the ban may last into Sunday night also. In all residential areas vehicles must be removed from all streets between 10:00 and 7:00 A.M. Within the business area (Zone F) vehicles must be removed from all streets and city owned parking lots between 12:00 and 6:00 A.M.
Vehicles left on city streets and in city lots will be towed to another location and receive $100.00 parking tickets.
You may park in any City owned parking garage between 10:00 and 7:00 with no charge. Please do not park on the top floor (roof) as they have to be plowed also.
For updated information call 658-SNOW.
John J King
Parking Manager
Burlington Police Department
One North Avenue
Burlington, Vermont 05401
(802) 540-2381"
Also, I just got an email (10:44 am on 1/3/10) saying it was extended:
"The parking ban declared by the City of Burlington will be continued to Sunday night Jan 3, 2010. All vehicles must be removed from all city streets and parking lots to allow the City to plow streets and lots.
Parking is available in City owned parking garages from 10:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. with no charge. Please do not park on the roof of the garage to allow it to be plowed also.
Vehicles on the streets or in parking lots will be towed to another location and receive $100.00 tickets.
John J King
Parking Manager
Burlington Police Department
One North Avenue
Burlington, Vermont 05401
(802) 540-2381"
Sorry bro, you just got unlucky this time.
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also, burlington has enforced a parking ban when it snows since like the stone age dude, pay attention its like the most obvious thing ever... or would you rather they didn't try to plow at all?
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Haha I know I'll take a parking ban...
Also, there is a parking ban sign on south willard, not sure where else.
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well i drove down main then college to south williams and i didnt notice the signs i guess they musta been blinking, but still why isnt it just the major streets?? i dono im just pissed because ive already got a diversion ticket to pay off which adds up to about $300 total plus $140 speeding ticket...i cant wait until i dont have to drive anymore when i go back to school haha
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new law? How long have you been in Burlington? Parking bans have been going on forever dude, every major storm, since before you were born.
Get pissed all you want, but it's your own damn fault. guess you learned the hard way...
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I parked in a UVM dorm lot at 430 on a friday night and got a ticket because you arent supposed to park in the lot until 5 or something like that
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you can park in the gutterson garage after 330 m-f and on the weekends.
All times are Eastern (-5)
