Capitol Hill parking spot bandits?
Walking to work on Tuesday morning, I came across a row of "No Parking" signs near the corner of 17th & Denny that appeared to have popped up overnight. Nothing too suspicious...except that somebody in the neighborhood is disputing their legitimacy. Affixed with tape to each sign was the following note:
On the way to work this morning, the "No Parking" signs were still blocking off a good portion of the curbside real estate. Yet Phil's dictum on parking liberation, a copy of which had been attached to each sign, wasn't so lucky:
For those who can't read the message, it says:
According to SPD Parking Enforcement, these mysterious "no parking" signs are not on file as required in order to be enforceable. Park away, neighbors.The note, signed local resident Phil Mocek, implied that SDOT would be "investigating" in the next 48 hours. Maybe they did, or maybe they didn't. But somebody took action.
This was discovered by speaking with Supervisor Miller, at 3:10 p.m. Monday 4/14 (684-5086).
S.D.O.T. Street Use Division was notified and will investigate the unauthorized signs within 48 hours.
Such signs are simply rented from National Barricade. SPD must be notified 24hrs prior to the signs taking effect, but SPD was not notified at all. The signs are required to display contact information for the party who deployed them but clearly these do not, so we cannot find out who put them here or why. I did not ask about those farther south, but these on the 100 block of 17th Ave E and 1800 block of 17th Ave are definitely not authorized.
On the way to work this morning, the "No Parking" signs were still blocking off a good portion of the curbside real estate. Yet Phil's dictum on parking liberation, a copy of which had been attached to each sign, wasn't so lucky:
Yup. That's a stack of Phil's notes, crumpled and thrown in the dirt. Now, one can't help but wonder: are the signs legitimate, and Supervisor Miller's statement contrary just the result of a communication lapse within city government? Or is someone on Capitol Hill stealing parking spots and hastily destroying any evidence exposing their trickery?
