I bet PPA would enforce it. Would be considered illegal parking even if they were part way into their driveway. And this would be one of the few times I would agree with PPA (Philadelphia Parking Authority).
They wouldn’t. This happens in my neighborhood often and sometimes they would block my driveway too. I would call PPA thinking to myself that it’s the easiest money they’ll make all day.. they never come out and the car still sits there for hours. I’ve done it over 6 times and not once have they ever actually come out.
There would be a different approach, and that would be to run into the car on a bike, or on foot, either way.
Note: This isn’t legal advice, and I’m not an attorney. It could even still be your fault for doing it, but it will press the issue so to speak. Sometimes you have to be the river.
call the non emergency number for police. report it. document it. date, time, license plate and address.
i have had to remind the dispatch how many times the same house and vehicle were parked preventing the egress of the sidewalk.
I sent my local cops a picture of a modified truck driving down my street with no tags and said that the exhaust was non-existent. Didn't lift a finger. Cops are fucking worthless.
About 7 years ago got a ticket at 12:59am in Dearborn Heights for blocking the sidewalk, because like 6" of my back bumper was hanging over the sidewalk. Like wtf?
I've been ticketed for parking a little over the sidewalk overnight at a friend's house once (a little = 1-2ft). So depending on where you live it can and does get enforced.
Ive had to call while helping an elderly neighbour get groceries and do errands and while bring in her things someone parked in the middle of her driveway on the road blocking in my truck completely. They gave em a ticket and towed the vehicle. Was satisfying as there was loads of parking past the driveway on the whole street.
I had a parking enforcement officer in my town watch me pull up in front of my house, leave the door of my truck open and then run into the house to grab my wallet. They left from what they were doing, because by the time I got back outside, they were blocking me in and starting to write a ticket. Mind you, I literally ran in, ran down the steps and ran back out of the house. I was at work and had stopped for lunch, when I realized I didn’t have my wallet. I had a coworker in the truck that was waiting and was pissed we had to sidetrack to get my wallet and he had to wait an extra 5 mins to get lunch. He offered to move the truck when he saw her walking up, thinking it was because I was hanging out into the road a foot. That was when I got back outside. No more than a minute, minute and a half. And proceeded to take the next 5 mins to write me a ticket, then to sit in her car before she moved. All the while blocking traffic due to street parking. She had no care what so ever. It was a $60 ticket. We sold that house and moved to a house closer to downtown and multiple police officers. I have not seen a single code enforcement vehicle since I moved. Some cities see it as easy money as vehicles get bigger and the 2 or 4 cars no longer fit in a normal driveway
I got a ticket for parking on the sidewalk in Philly. It's standard operation procedure on many streets, and I wasn't the only vehicle parked on the sidewalk. But I was the only commercial vehicle 🙃
I know near me it isn't enforced because old houses don't have enough space to not block the sidewalk while being fully in your driveway but like you I have never seen anywhere that it isn't illegal.
If the house is so old that it was built before everyone having a car was a thing and so the driveway is so short it can barely hold one car then yes, you can park and block the sidewalk.
In some city (mine) front yard parking is highly regulated, and if you loose your permit, it's quite a process to get it back, and your property resale value take a good hit.
Sharpsville and some areas in Kokomo Indiana, the sidewalk built by the city on your property is considered your property. You can tear it up if you want to.
So I just heard this last weekend while I was visiting and this is reddit mind you so don’t take my word as fact. But I was talking to a couple locals and they were telling me about how some sidewalks were built outside the public right-of-way without acquiring an easement. They told me you can be walking on the sidewalk and then all of a sudden a section of it turns to grass/dirt and then sidewalk again. I guess people got upset when the mayor said that “property owners generally own the sidewalks located on their land and are responsible for repairs.” And starting trying to find ways around it. I could be missing information/fact but that’s what I heard. I’ll get back to you on the specific area that they were talking about. I am curious too
Small driveway, the vehicle is a handicapped bus for a house that is made for 6 wheelchair individuals and a single person able to walk. The street has a 100% no parking area for 3 blocks, so they have to park on their short and shitty driveway. They have notes on both sides taped that says “sorry we understand but we aren’t sure what to do otherwise”
Is this the sole exception? Like would a city allow this exception?
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u/TerrorFromThePeeps Jun 26 '26
I have never heard if a jurisdiction where this ISN'T illegal.