Robert
Irvine,#2Consumer Comment
Thu, November 10, 2011
My neighbor said "you better hurry up so you don't get a $35 fine".
- Perhaps you should be upset at your neighbor for not telling you to hang around to make sure you receive the ticket.
I doubt your area is any different, but most "Street Sweeping days" have specific times that you are not allowed to park. It does not matter if you forgot it was Friday, or if you thought you were being a nice guy in moving your car. The fact is that the guy was already taking a picture of your License plate which means you were already in violation.
I am sure you are not the first person who thought they were doing "a good thing" and figured they could still beat the ticket by just getting out of their ASAP, so the city came up with the additional fine.
I don't know why you said that they "supposedly" set a hearing date. Are you saying that you called back and they told you there wasn't one? But in court is were you need to fight this. If you don't think the law is right then take that up with the City Council so it doesn't happen to any others who thought they were doing a "good thing".