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Who is responsible for ticketing parallel parkers on College Avenue? Date published: 10/19/2009
BEWARE OF TWO On I-95 southbound, the off-ramp at Exit 130 for State Route 3 eastbound will be closed until 2 p.m. today. Tomorrow, in Stafford, the I-95 on-ramp from Courthouse Road to I-95 southbound will be closed from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. Dear Kelly: Who is responsible for ticketing parallel parkers on College Avenue? I think that the students at the University of Mary Washington need to take a semester of driving school/parking school. It is very dangerous driving down the very narrow street when you come across a student who has already parked with the front or back hanging feet out into the street. Not only that, the traffic backs up as a student takes about nine tries to park before giving up. These students need more parking areas, or need to be ticketed for horrible parking jobs. --David Payne, Stafford The Fredericksburg Police Department is responsible for ticketing improperly parked vehicles within the city, including on College Avenue. Improper parking could mean lopping over the outlines of a parking space or jutting out into a travel lane. The University of Mary Washington and the city police department work together to tackle parking skirmishes near the college. For instance, the police department and university jointly fund a part-time parking enforcement officer who looks for parking violations. That officer spends 99 percent of his time in the College Heights neighborhood, said Natatia Bledsoe, Police Department spokeswoman. The officer's primary mission is checking residential streets to see if students are parked in an improper zone around the college. "However, he will also write tickets for improper parking if they are too far away from the curb, if they're blocking a hydrant or a driveway, or if they are, as you say, outside the allowable parking space," Bledsoe said.
Scott, UMW students with vehicles must pay $200 for their parking decal, regardless of where they park. Students parking on College Avenue must also have a decal, so parking there is not a cost saving option.
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