Do you have neighbors on your block who are parking illegally? If so, there is good news. The Philadelphia Police and the Philadelphia Parking Authority are teaming up to make parking a priority. That’s the good news.
The not so good news is that there are so many illegally parked cars that the city is having difficulty getting to them all. If you would like to hear how I solved a parking problem on my block, read on.
The Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) has a link on their website for nuisance vehicles. It is here. There is a button on the page labeled “Report A Nuisance Vehicle” that takes you to a form that you can use to give information about the vehicle in question. The PPA would like to know the make, model, color, and other information about the vehicle in question.
In our case, we had neighbors who were using the street to work on cars, and we noticed that the cars had no inspection stickers (a no-no) and had expired temporary tags from Delaware. I reported these cars daily through the form, always listing the license plate numbers, and the fact that they had no inspection stickers. I also left my name and my telephone number – not required, but it let the PPA know I was serious.
After a couple of rounds of PPA action, the illegally parked cars have vanished from our block – along with the illegal car repair business that was flourishing earlier. Please note that the PPA did not come out every time I notified them, and this took a couple of weeks. But persistence certainly paid off.
If you have any questions about similar parking issues, feel free to contact me.