Parking is an issue in many areas of DC. In the most congested of areas in Ward 1, in Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan parking can be very scarce and elicit many emotions. Over the past few months there have been two different Honda Civics belonging to the DC government that at various times, for extended periods of time, park illegally in a couple of clearly marked "No Parking Anytime" zones. As in overnight or for lunch break.
A few different residents in the area have reported the illegal parking to 311 as well as other DC government offices. A couple of weeks ago one of the illegally parked Civics actually got a parking ticket. Yet the illegal parking continues as the above recently taken photo shows.
Frequently cars in this area get a variety of tickets while parked overnight that are issued by patrol officers, not parking enforcement. For example a ticket issued at 2:30am to an otherwise legally parked car for not having the registration sticker properly affixed in the left lower corner of the windshield - a valid sticker is there but it is leaning against the glass perhaps while the owner is trying to deal with getting the old one off to make room for the thing; issued by a patrol officer driving a cruiser. Yet only once have I seen a ticket on these two cars and that was issued in the morning by parking enforcement at around 9:30am. Community policing is all about what community you are in I guess.
From the photos we can see that this person has free parking at two city parking lots in prime areas - the Wilson Building and the Reeves Center. In a city that in general does not build public parking garages, this person has a nice perk.
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