The HOA has had several different type of complaints / inquiries about parking on the streets over the last few months.
#1 The city, CDOT, states to us that parking on the streets calms traffic. Speeding is main concern in our sommunity so parking on the street is not discouraged in Madison Park. You can even park vehicles across from each other as long as one vehicle and any emergency responders can get through the street on all unmarked painted streets in Madison Park.
(remember if you choose to park on the street you should only park with all 4 tires on the payment or at the gutter edge). Having two wheels partially on the grass is considered parking on the lawn and can result in a 25 dollar tickets if reported to 311, or the city inspector sees this, or police choose to issue a citation. After my recent drive around with our new inspector over codes he noted several violators with wheels on the grass. He will be making regular rounds without me, and addressing repeat violators. 311 or 911 depending on time of day when this happens.
#2 Do not park next to fire hydrants. It is illegal to park closer than 15 feet to a hydrant. This also applies to Seneca Place where you will find hydrants with parking lanes next to them. This is a safety issues and once again could result in a citation if someone reports you to 911.
#3 Do not park in front of Stop Signs. It is illegal to park on a street within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway. 911
#4 Illegal to park On a street in front of a public or private driveway. Several people have complained recently that people are parking across from their driveways making it difficult to exit their private driveways. If you can avoid parking directly across from your neighbors driveways please do. Most of the road frontage in front of our homes is wide enough that this should not be a problem. 911 call for blocking private driveway
#5 On a street other than parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of traffic, and with the curbside wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the edge of the roadway, unless authorized to do otherwise by appropriate signs. 911 call
#6 Do not park partially or fully on sidewalks. 911 call
There are many other parking regulations. The above are the most common concerns we hear about from our residents with parking concerns. Most of these either need to be directed to 311 or 911 to handle. Please try speaking to your neighbor and requesting they not violate any of the above first. This will proably take care of the problem most of the time.
In order to hopefully help educate our residents and curb some of these issues we are posting these parking issues on our site.
Thanks in Advance for Parking Correctly!
