johnjohn320
Diamond Member
Hey all,
No, this isn't another "I got busted doing 70 in a 45, help me get out of it" thread. I find those kind of annoying myself. It's actually just a parking ticket.
This is on a college campus. I park outside my girlfriend's apartment in a University lot, because according to her and a friend of mine, it's legal after 5 pm without a permit in non-24hr spots (the sign and the parking administration's website both confirm that it's non-24hr). I parked there around 7:30. When I walk out around 8, there's a ticket on my windshield. So I appeal the ticket, stating that I have store receipts (I do) confirming that neither I or my car were anywhere near that lot before 5 pm. They reject the appeal, giving no reason. So I email the parking administration, who informs me that I have to have a DIFFERENT type of parking permit after 5 pm (the lot is normally an A Permit Lot, but after 5 pm it becomes open to E Permits, which I also don't have). So, basically, according to their rules, if you don't have a permit, you can't park anywhere on the campus at any time (what are visitors/parents supposed to do?). The parking lady says in her email that "the signs will tell me this." No it doesn't, sweetheart. It says nowhere on the signs anything about having to have a permit after 5, it just says "A LOT, NON24 HOUR."
So, do you think the fact that it's not labeled on the signs anywhere (you have to dig thru their website to find this rule), OR the fact that the officer technically didn't complete the ticket (under "Time" it just says 19: , no minutes given) could be grounds for me to re-appeal? I know that ignorance of the law isn't an excuse for breaking it, but c'mon, don't you have to mark a parking area off limits if it is so?
No, this isn't another "I got busted doing 70 in a 45, help me get out of it" thread. I find those kind of annoying myself. It's actually just a parking ticket.
This is on a college campus. I park outside my girlfriend's apartment in a University lot, because according to her and a friend of mine, it's legal after 5 pm without a permit in non-24hr spots (the sign and the parking administration's website both confirm that it's non-24hr). I parked there around 7:30. When I walk out around 8, there's a ticket on my windshield. So I appeal the ticket, stating that I have store receipts (I do) confirming that neither I or my car were anywhere near that lot before 5 pm. They reject the appeal, giving no reason. So I email the parking administration, who informs me that I have to have a DIFFERENT type of parking permit after 5 pm (the lot is normally an A Permit Lot, but after 5 pm it becomes open to E Permits, which I also don't have). So, basically, according to their rules, if you don't have a permit, you can't park anywhere on the campus at any time (what are visitors/parents supposed to do?). The parking lady says in her email that "the signs will tell me this." No it doesn't, sweetheart. It says nowhere on the signs anything about having to have a permit after 5, it just says "A LOT, NON24 HOUR."
So, do you think the fact that it's not labeled on the signs anywhere (you have to dig thru their website to find this rule), OR the fact that the officer technically didn't complete the ticket (under "Time" it just says 19: , no minutes given) could be grounds for me to re-appeal? I know that ignorance of the law isn't an excuse for breaking it, but c'mon, don't you have to mark a parking area off limits if it is so?
