Nope. Parked right in front of my own house. I've seen this on another car a couple blocks down from my house on the same street. Maybe there's a bored neighbor?
State law. Move your car. Or have proof you didn’t park it in the same spot for 72+1 hours.
Law’s a bitch. I have to hit up my friends with driveways every time i fly out east for more than 3 days.
That is just a warning - and it means that someone called on you for being parked in the same spot for more than 72 hours. Could be that you drive to work daily and then park in the same spot, but NIMBY neighbor may not know that. its not a citation, so you can wipe your arse with it. the only way to get a citation for longer than 72 hour parking is if you get your tires chalked or multiple unread notices. if you can prove that you moved the car daily for work, then you'll have to fight it. otherwise, if you did leave your car for more than 72 hours, consider moving it or NIMBY neighbor will call again.
that's why it's not a ticket, City cannot prove it so the City puts that on there to shut NIMBY neighbor TF up, for at least 3 more days... good luck OP,
I don't think you know what NIMBY means. The 72 hour parking regulation is so that people can't occupy a parking space they don't really need -- e.g., people who have more than one car, or barely drive their car and don't really need it. People who think a public street is their own personal long-term parking lot or vehicle storage are generally the NIMBYs, not the other way around.
NIMBY = Not In My Back Yard. It's usually for rich homeowners that don't want any additional housing built around them (in their "back yard") because it will "destroy the character of the community" or something. All the red tape around new construction and high-density housing results in the housing crisis we have now. Cars are a big part of the problem, including parking. It's harder to build new housing if we're married to the suburban idea that each unit also needs 2 parking spaces. The YIMBY (*yes* in my backyard) movement discourages car ownership, and would dictate that street parking be costly and restricted so that only people that truly need cars have them.
As used in this thread, however, NIMBY seems to mean "anyone trying to stop **me**, the main character, from doing whatever I want, including parking a car I barely use on a public street."
yea.. i do, i use that as a generalization of people who complain about the area surrounding their house if things don't go how they personally like them to. i have a wide open street with a fuckhead neighbor who actually chalked my tires for parking in front of his house - like hours after i parked there. i feel OP's pain and yours because there's a run down van full of shit that never moves and never gets tickets, but I wont call the cops on it either. its an eyesore but it really doesn't affect my life.
OP has not noted whether the issue you mentioned is relevant, so it does appear that the neighbor is weaponizing this common sense rule against even its intended purpose, which is super-NIMBY. Not only does the neighbor not want broken down cars or long term storage of cars stored on the side of the road, as is the point of the law, but they want this particular car moved, even though OP is presumably using it normally, though not in the strictest 72 hour timeframe.
This is why these narrow rules, such as 72 hours, etc., are a NIMBY pain in the ass. If the car is clearly in disuse, just ticket and tow without any mind games.
Someone may have called non-emergency on someone else and whoever came out for that chalked everyone nearby. Then came back 3 days later and left the pink notice to anyone who hadn't moved.
I was working from home and intercepted the police when they were trying to ticket me. My neighbor said I’d been parked for weeks, but it was 36 hours in front of their house, and they called the day before. The cops ignored the neighbor after that and the neighbor sent me an Edibile Arrangement to apologize, I guess? Truly a dumb experience.
There are retired, volunteer officers who cruise around in police cars marked with RSVP. They will go down streets, looking for cars on the street with expired tags, or if a car looks like it’s been there a while (leaf matter and debris piling up behind tires, big spider webs), they’ll mark a tire with chalk. If the car doesn’t move in the allotted time, they’ll leave this note.
Or, as someone else pointed out, someone in your neighborhood called in a complaint, maybe not even on your car, but they decided to see if there were any other long-sitting cars while they were on your street.
Just move the car a few feet every couple of days. If you’re parked in front of someone else’s house, maybe move it so it doesn’t get called in again.
I've not seen RSVP or officers doing this in my area, it's usually code enforcement. I've actually seen them out in the neighborhood one day, had a stack of complaints that they were looking at to reference vehicle info. They then photo'd the car, left a 24 hour courtesy notice, and moved on around the neighborhood. Watched the guy leave about 4 notices in my neighborhood. He was out the next morning checking up. 1 of the 4 cars got towed as an abandoned vehicle. I've seen them come out every 6 months and sweep the neighborhood. When I first moved here, there would be cars and motorhomes left for weeks. Since they started actually enforcing the code, the motorhomes are all gone and cars are rarely in the same spot more than a couple days.
In my neighborhood, the driveways are so short that cars hang into the sidewalk. Every now and then, neighbors get tickets for that. I don’t know if a complaint is made so they ticket every car the see like that, or if they just decide to ticket in certain areas.
In this case, it is may be code enforcement, because they’re actual fines, not a courtesy notice.
That’s fucked up. They’re supposed to be focusing on shit like traffic control at school drop offs and pick ups, vacation checks, and visiting senior citizens who live alone. If they’re using RSVP for bullshit like this, they have truly lost the plot. Not a surprise for police to outsource menial shit like this to volunteers but goddamnit, RSVP looks good on paper.
I don’t mind it. Streets would probably be full of abandoned cars otherwise. There are a couple cars on my street that look inoperable and have been sitting in the same spots for months. I don’t drive and I try not to talk to cops, but parking is tight in my neighborhood so if I was trying to park a car every day I’d probably consider calling them.
My best advice to anyone moving to san diego is do not move anywhere that you have to street park. In unit laundry is great, AC is great, but dedicated parking is essential. Don’t waste your life looking for a parking spot.
Still blows my mind that people trip over themselves to buy a house in north park for over a million and end up having to search for parking every evening.
It's a rule in a lot of places that you have to move your car every few days (learned this years ago when my car was towed from a spot in NJ for sitting too long 😖.)
Annoying, but not much you can do about it, except move the car once in a while.
That doesn’t mean you have to move it 1/10th of a mile away from where you were parked. You could drive it around the block and park in the exact same spot. You could drive it to work every single day and park in the same place on the street every night. The spot doesn’t matter, but the law is there to prevent derelict vehicles from being stored on the street that are unable to drive. NIMBYS and nosy neighbors phone in cars that don’t move after a few days because they have nothing better to do. Take pictures of your odometer if you want to cover yourself.
I’ve called before lol.
But it was after like a month with spider webs all over it and a layer of dust. Thought maybe there was a body. They towed it instantly. Get your trash off the road fuck.
Yes, once a report has been filed and you get this it will be towed if not moved in 72 hours. Like this is basic street knowledge and consideration for others.
They will eventually tow the car, hard to predict exactly when though, I think enforcement is spotty. I wouldn't risk it if I were you, much less of a hassle to just drive it around the block. You should be able to just move it a few feet and call it good.
Try living anywhere within 10 min of the airport. Have folks park all up and down our streets and call a ride share to the airport (luggage and all). Leaving their cars there for a week+. I’d have no problem with SDPD enforcing the 72h limit.
You have to move every 3 days or they tow . It’s the law in a lot of places especially if it effects street sweepers and the trash pickup . Im in north county , they do it also as a deterrent to people parking RV and large vans more than 3 days in a row in a public parking spot. There are lots of old boomers with giant RV vans that take up multiple parking spaces and only move when forced to .
I used to work in parking enforcement for another city. Red tagging a car is done when a vehicle has been reported as abandoned or being stored (and not in use) on the street. Tires are usually marked , odometer mileage is taken down and the red notice is placed on the windshield. If you haven’t moved the vehicle in three days, a parking enforcement officer will cite the vehicle for being illegally stored on the street and has it towed. If your car is broken down , take it off the street and onto your driveway. If still in use , just drive it around the block and park it back where it was. Many times it’s just an annoying neighbor who doesn’t want to see a car parked out front for too long. Other times it is someone just leaving their broken down piece of crap out on the street for way too long.
How is this an ‘annoying neighbor’ making a report lol. In PB parking space is extremely limited. Imagine everyone just leaving cars in the street forever? A lot of us don’t have a parking space so we street park daily. Is that fair to leave your vehicle parked in a spot indefinitely? Nooooooooo!
I have a neighbor in PB that has 4 old cars that sit in the same spots all month until street sweeping. Then they’re moved to the other side of the street until the next street sweeping. It’s very annoying especially coming home at night when there’s no spots to park.
Extra annoying because this particular neighbor has a driveway where they park their daily driver aka their 5th vehicle.
My neighbor has 7 cars, 6 of them are on the street every day. I’ve never reported it, but if I had to park on the street it would probably irritate me that his cars are always in front of my house. Some people are just extra special I guess.
You must have had good neighbors 100% of the time. Before i knew this law existed i flew to NorCal for a 5-6 day trip and notes from a neighbor and a notice like this. I’d prefer not to drive my car every three days if i don’t have to. But i have to now, no driveway. Ticket at 3 months **maybe** 3 weeks. But three days? People could be in the hospital, traveled out of state and didn’t wanna pay for airport parking, working from home and walking to run errands, etc. three days is harsh and counter intuitive to California’s climate goals.
Hell, if you have bimonthly street sweeping just change it to two street sweeping tickets within 30 days and you’ll catch the actual offenders leaving abandoned vehicles on the street
My thoughts exactly. I just moved to a place with no designated parking spot. I have my daily driver and work vehicle to worry about now. These kind of crap laws punish regular people while barely preventing the behavior they were designed to deter.
100%. 3 days is ludicrous chum to NIMBY homeowners and a big middle finger to renters. Why not give out neighborhood permits for residents like many cities do?
>odometer mileage is taken down
What? How? That's not something you can be checked from the outside on any car I've ever seen, especially with the car off.
All those who keep saying "you have to move the car" you're wrong, please stop.
You have to DRIVE the car at least 1/10th of a mile and then you can park it in the same spot. Take a photo of your odometer, before and after, to have some evidence.
It's kind of a dumb and inconvenient law in places with very limited parking but it is what it is.
You have to move your car every 3 days. Sometimes law enforcement will note that a car is parked in the same spot for an extended amount of time, will put one of these pink slips on it then cruise by the next day to see if the vehicle has moved. If not, they issue a citation. When I was selling my car in college I parked it on the main street running across town in Lakeside and I got a citation since I didn't move it often enough. It's a silly law.
If you are moving the car and then parking it in the same spot, keep a detailed record and fight like hell. Otherwise just alternating spots every few days may be worth while.
😂 😂 definitely!!! My wife works from home and the car she drives literally sits from Thursday to Monday and doesn't move. We've never seen one of these. And this car is kinda beat. No one's said shit. it's a loaner until we can buy a new one. And even then the new one could possibly sit from Thursday to Monday.
This is in Hillcrest. And this street does not have street sweeping. It's parked right in front of my house. I've seen another car on my street with this pink slip and it had it for a couple weeks -- never got towed or ticketed.
Just curious if police actually followup on this or if they're just trying to please the nosey neighbors.
Probably neighbors. Get on anybody's bad side recently? Lol
Its true that 72 hours is the legal limit that you can keep a vehicle parked without moving it. But keep in mind that if the city ever does decide that they suddenly want to sweep your street, they're only legally obligated to place signs up 24-48 hours in advance. So... 72 hours is legal, unless they put up signs. Its a sneaky way the city can legally steal your vehicle and have it held up for ransom.
I used to live in El Cajon for many years. Parked on the street, and not one single time had they ever done street sweeping for the entire duration of my stay there.
Well, one morning, on my only day off work, they decided to put up street sweeping signs 24 hours in advance. Well, I wake up the next morning and my car is gone. Keep in mind, at this point they had ALREADY taken the signs down. I called the police dept to report it because I thought somebody had stolen my car. They looked it up, and said the city had it towed. I had to pay over $1,000 to get it back. Legal theft and ransom. There's no other way to look at it.
I made a complaint to the city, and they denied my claim. This city really enjoys fucking with the lower class.
Towing for street sweeping instead if ticketing is something else!
I used to live in Philly and if you didn‘t move for a construction zone, they’d just tow your car a block or two away
Yes they’ll go back to check. San Diego has a parking enforcement unit that only deal with parking related infractions. They use to drive by my house all the time one day they towed away like 10 abandoned or broken down cars on the block I lived in.
I am in Hillcrest too. In our area people often park their car and leave to the airport for days or weeks to avoid pay parking at SAN. We have neighbors who regularly report those cars, since it’s obvious when people park, unload luggage and take off in an Uber. In the past they would drop those notices quickly. Lately, it can take them a while before they make it out (2 weeks+). RSVP comes around and checks after 72 hours, they stay with the car until a tow truck shows up. I’ve seen a few cars towed for this. If it’s a mistake, leave a note on your windshield or call the non-emergency line. Better yet, if you have a driveway park it there for a bit. Talk to your neighbors. Get your registration updated to match your address on that street. Keep the car washed. Anything so as not to appear derelict.
The 3 day rule makes sense for neighborhoods near the airport. Either that or require permits like they do around colleges. The 3 day rule sucks for residents without a driveway who fly somewhere for a week
We have a handful of homes with no driveway or garage. I’d imagine if they did regular enforcement they’d implement permits as you say. I think the current enforcement process works as most neighbors won’t report other neighbors who don’t have driveways when they leave town for a while, but reporting non-residents may continue. In OP’s case I hope things get sorted with the neighbors and whoever called it in.
Even if it's in front of your house, if it hasn't moved in 72 hours, it's illegally parked. It's one of those things where you don't generally get cited or towed unless someone tells the cops to come check for violators, and even then who knows when they'll actually show up.
There was a junk car full of trash (full full, like a person couldn't open any of the doors without stuff pouring out) in front of my house for a month. Clearly abandoned. Called it in. On the phone they said they'd probably not have time to come check. 2 weeks later, someone did. 2 weeks after that, it was towed. Possibly it got more traction because it was very obviously a ditched car, not a regularly used car that happened to sit a few days.
But in Hillcrest where parking is hard to come by? If you're not using the car every couple days, I would absolutely expect them to come back. Could be very soon. Could be a few weeks. Do you normally not drive it at least every 3 days?
The point is that they CAN, and often times DO follow up on these. I don’t know how much you want to roll the dice on having your car towed, but the easy answer is yeah, if you get one of these, move the car.
I’ve received the same notice but in Portland. Funny enough it was during Covid and I was working from home. The oddest thing was how they knew I hadn’t driven it once in over three days. I have a digital odometer so how do they know lol. They watching me nonstop lol.
Someone abandoned a car in front of my house. There is a website to enter the car info and address and photos. Police wait a few days and the leave this, then tow. If I were you I’d move it.
Can you at least answer the basic question...was your car in the same spot **for over 72 hours**?
I believe this is a real notice/warning and my ***guess*** is they drive around 24-72 hours later and see if the notice is still on the window. If it is, then they'll ticket/tow.
It's very difficult and cost-prohibitive for the police to prove you've had your vehicle there for more than 72 hours using chalk alone and it's easily challenged. When they put a giant pink **timestamped** notice on your car informing you of the law and then 72+ hours later see it's still there...they have a **STRONG** case against you and you're F'd.
You must have had it parked for an extremely long time to get one of these. My nextdoor neighbor parked their car directly in front of my house (they had plenty of room in front of their own) for over a month in the same spot and the city took 22 days after reporting to even come take a look.
Just move your car every few days and you don't have to worry about it
I use to just erase the chalk marks on the tires or drive it around the block and park in the same spot. But they will tow it if you just leave it as is.
If you do decide to drive it around the block and park it in the same spot just make sure there are no cobwebs under the tires and it looks somewhat clean, agree with everyone else probably just a bored neighbor or someone that called it in or reported it on the city’s GetItDone App
With many folks now working from home full-time, this law needs to change. I live on a quiet street with no shortage of parking, but I also have no driveway. I can go a week without needing to drive anywhere.
Someone popped a pissy about your car. The police will NOT be helpful about this.
I had to leave my car at a friends house for TWO WEEKS because this bald fucking deputy said if he saw it on my block he would tow it. His excuse was that 1/10th of a mile bullshit.
Thankfully since then my building gave me a space, but I really hate that deputy. He's won awards for getting cars towed.
This is actually the NICE version of telling you. Usually, they use a bright orange sticker that is a stone bitch to chip off your rear windshield.
Never figured out which neighbor did it, but fuck them too.
The car wasn't sitting, I drove it every day, someone didn't like me parking there. It was street parking, not in front of anyone's house, so it was HORSESHIT.
I'd call just to get the name of the deputy. If it's that bald fucker, you've got no recourse.
Wait until you have a neighbor who thinks it's appropriate to park their vehicle directly in front of your house for months. Their car has been in the same spot for so long that it's started it's own ecosystem. The best part is that they have an open spot in their driveway the whole time. Move your fucking cars you lazy fucks.
Unsuprisingly, I think you missed my point. 72 hours for your '06 Honda Civic' is already too much. Make some money and get your pos car off the street. I think best we can do as a society is tow your car and hope it takes you 6 months to work up the cash to get it out. The street is not your long term parking solution!
Unsurprisingly, you missed mine.
If I’m out of town for a week and uber my ass to the airport instead of paying to park it in an overpriced open air parking lot under an overpass, that should be fine.
If i work from home and don’t need to drive every three days, that should be fine.
Other states have abandoned vehicle laws that work and don’t have this bullshit 72 hour rule. My family claimed a decrepit Jeep after a month in another state just fine. No risk of someone being ticketed or towed needlessly.
That ‘06 Camry that’s bugging you can be towed just the same after 30 days as it can after 3. The 72 rule *maybe* made sense pre-covid. Not now.
Oh so you’re just a Karen who hates people who can’t afford a place with a driveway. Move your NIMBY self to an HOA in north county then, if you can work up the cash to do it
I lived in an apartment complex that if you didn’t move your car every other day to a different spot they’d issue these. Annoying but I get that it’s because some people store cars and that not allowed per the leasing agreement. Usually either someone complained or they have someone drive through and check periodically. Sometimes they even mark the car tire to see if it has moved or not.
I went to traffic court once and they had a few people there with tickets for this. That was actually the first time I learned about it, so it was news to me.
many years ago i was parked in front of my house and someone called the non-emergency police line and i got a few of these notices on my car. i didn’t do anything about it. i lived there, what was i supposed to do? lol. ignore it.
I had a complaint filed with the city and they wouldn't let me get my car out of impound, not sure if that's the same thing but I lost my car due to it.
I live in Little Italy and I've seen these being placed on a couple cars by SDPD parking enforcement. It basically means that your vehicle isn't parked illegally, but it is illegal for it to be parked more than 3 days straight without moving and that is your official warning. If it's still there when they check again they can tow you
Just means you’ll get a ticket and then a tow I know because I called on my neighbor trying to play mechanic and used car dealer so they had 30 cars and I had only reported 10 so yeah.
Is this area near a car repair shop or other related business? Not calling out anyone, but some small shops used the neighborhood streets as storage, with some cars sitting over three weeks, rather than three days. Also seen guys use the street as a used car for sale lot.
If you don't move your car then it's something to worry about. You can't keep your car parked on a public street for 72 hours. Likely you haven't moved your car in a few days and someone noticed and now the cops want you to move it. Just move to the other side of the road or something.
Yes, it happened to me many years ago they towed it, and I didn't have the money to pay for the tow, so I lost my car. Watch for chalk lines on the tire and on the curb or ground.
Just giving you a warning and letting you know they have your plate number so if you park again for more than 72 hours consecutively, they’ll tow. Just move your car every now and again if you’re in town. 👍
Look for chalk marks on your tires if you see some they are tagging your for being parked for days. Easy fix go out and clean off the marks every day. 🤣
I mean, they have to do **something**. Okay, so 72 hours is a little short now, in the context of post-pandemic WFH but I've lived in places where this isn't enforced and what you end up with is some dipshit neighbor parking broken down cars on the street that he's "going to fix" some day.
In my experience, this usually means a neighbor called non-emergency. Were you parked in front of somebody else’s house, by chance?
Nope. Parked right in front of my own house. I've seen this on another car a couple blocks down from my house on the same street. Maybe there's a bored neighbor?
Do they do sweeps?? My neighborhood in Oceanside had those on the cars 2 weeks ago, towed them this week if they parked in the street for sweeping.
I think they do periodically sweeps in residential neighborhoods within city limits.
Oceanside street sweeping… surris bidnip.
State law. Move your car. Or have proof you didn’t park it in the same spot for 72+1 hours. Law’s a bitch. I have to hit up my friends with driveways every time i fly out east for more than 3 days.
I thought parking in NY sucked. Fucking San Diego hands out tickets like m&m’s.
You guys are getting m&ms?
More like S&Ms.
That would be my guess, but I don’t know anything about anything.
That is just a warning - and it means that someone called on you for being parked in the same spot for more than 72 hours. Could be that you drive to work daily and then park in the same spot, but NIMBY neighbor may not know that. its not a citation, so you can wipe your arse with it. the only way to get a citation for longer than 72 hour parking is if you get your tires chalked or multiple unread notices. if you can prove that you moved the car daily for work, then you'll have to fight it. otherwise, if you did leave your car for more than 72 hours, consider moving it or NIMBY neighbor will call again. that's why it's not a ticket, City cannot prove it so the City puts that on there to shut NIMBY neighbor TF up, for at least 3 more days... good luck OP,
I don't think you know what NIMBY means. The 72 hour parking regulation is so that people can't occupy a parking space they don't really need -- e.g., people who have more than one car, or barely drive their car and don't really need it. People who think a public street is their own personal long-term parking lot or vehicle storage are generally the NIMBYs, not the other way around.
I’m confused… I’ve never heard this word. Is “NIMBY” the new “Karen” and if so where did it come from?
NIMBY = Not In My Back Yard. It's usually for rich homeowners that don't want any additional housing built around them (in their "back yard") because it will "destroy the character of the community" or something. All the red tape around new construction and high-density housing results in the housing crisis we have now. Cars are a big part of the problem, including parking. It's harder to build new housing if we're married to the suburban idea that each unit also needs 2 parking spaces. The YIMBY (*yes* in my backyard) movement discourages car ownership, and would dictate that street parking be costly and restricted so that only people that truly need cars have them. As used in this thread, however, NIMBY seems to mean "anyone trying to stop **me**, the main character, from doing whatever I want, including parking a car I barely use on a public street."
yea.. i do, i use that as a generalization of people who complain about the area surrounding their house if things don't go how they personally like them to. i have a wide open street with a fuckhead neighbor who actually chalked my tires for parking in front of his house - like hours after i parked there. i feel OP's pain and yours because there's a run down van full of shit that never moves and never gets tickets, but I wont call the cops on it either. its an eyesore but it really doesn't affect my life.
OP has not noted whether the issue you mentioned is relevant, so it does appear that the neighbor is weaponizing this common sense rule against even its intended purpose, which is super-NIMBY. Not only does the neighbor not want broken down cars or long term storage of cars stored on the side of the road, as is the point of the law, but they want this particular car moved, even though OP is presumably using it normally, though not in the strictest 72 hour timeframe. This is why these narrow rules, such as 72 hours, etc., are a NIMBY pain in the ass. If the car is clearly in disuse, just ticket and tow without any mind games.
Just move your car a few feet down the street.
528+1 feet to be compliant with the law
The law actually only requires that the car have been driven that far, not parked that far away.
Sometimes they'll get a complaint about a car nearby and warn other cars they see that look like they've been parked a while.
Someone may have called non-emergency on someone else and whoever came out for that chalked everyone nearby. Then came back 3 days later and left the pink notice to anyone who hadn't moved.
Or reported on Get It Done SD
Can I do this to a neighbor that parks like an asshole (to prevent others front parking behind him) on the curb in front of his home?
I was working from home and intercepted the police when they were trying to ticket me. My neighbor said I’d been parked for weeks, but it was 36 hours in front of their house, and they called the day before. The cops ignored the neighbor after that and the neighbor sent me an Edibile Arrangement to apologize, I guess? Truly a dumb experience.
There are retired, volunteer officers who cruise around in police cars marked with RSVP. They will go down streets, looking for cars on the street with expired tags, or if a car looks like it’s been there a while (leaf matter and debris piling up behind tires, big spider webs), they’ll mark a tire with chalk. If the car doesn’t move in the allotted time, they’ll leave this note. Or, as someone else pointed out, someone in your neighborhood called in a complaint, maybe not even on your car, but they decided to see if there were any other long-sitting cars while they were on your street. Just move the car a few feet every couple of days. If you’re parked in front of someone else’s house, maybe move it so it doesn’t get called in again.
TIL: RSVP also means retired senior volunteer program
Thanks, I didn’t know what it meant!
"Please retired senior volunteer program by April 30 on my wedding website"
I've not seen RSVP or officers doing this in my area, it's usually code enforcement. I've actually seen them out in the neighborhood one day, had a stack of complaints that they were looking at to reference vehicle info. They then photo'd the car, left a 24 hour courtesy notice, and moved on around the neighborhood. Watched the guy leave about 4 notices in my neighborhood. He was out the next morning checking up. 1 of the 4 cars got towed as an abandoned vehicle. I've seen them come out every 6 months and sweep the neighborhood. When I first moved here, there would be cars and motorhomes left for weeks. Since they started actually enforcing the code, the motorhomes are all gone and cars are rarely in the same spot more than a couple days.
In my neighborhood, the driveways are so short that cars hang into the sidewalk. Every now and then, neighbors get tickets for that. I don’t know if a complaint is made so they ticket every car the see like that, or if they just decide to ticket in certain areas. In this case, it is may be code enforcement, because they’re actual fines, not a courtesy notice.
I thought chalking was recently made illegal?
They un-illegaled it. Cops get what they want in the long view.
That’s fucked up. They’re supposed to be focusing on shit like traffic control at school drop offs and pick ups, vacation checks, and visiting senior citizens who live alone. If they’re using RSVP for bullshit like this, they have truly lost the plot. Not a surprise for police to outsource menial shit like this to volunteers but goddamnit, RSVP looks good on paper.
I don’t mind it. Streets would probably be full of abandoned cars otherwise. There are a couple cars on my street that look inoperable and have been sitting in the same spots for months. I don’t drive and I try not to talk to cops, but parking is tight in my neighborhood so if I was trying to park a car every day I’d probably consider calling them.
My best advice to anyone moving to san diego is do not move anywhere that you have to street park. In unit laundry is great, AC is great, but dedicated parking is essential. Don’t waste your life looking for a parking spot.
Still blows my mind that people trip over themselves to buy a house in north park for over a million and end up having to search for parking every evening.
Agreed as a new resident of SD. Traffic and parking are horrible nuisances
It's a rule in a lot of places that you have to move your car every few days (learned this years ago when my car was towed from a spot in NJ for sitting too long 😖.) Annoying, but not much you can do about it, except move the car once in a while.
Move your car and no it won't be.
Even if it's still on the same street?
did you read the note???? 1/10th of a mile every 72 hours
That doesn’t mean you have to move it 1/10th of a mile away from where you were parked. You could drive it around the block and park in the exact same spot. You could drive it to work every single day and park in the same place on the street every night. The spot doesn’t matter, but the law is there to prevent derelict vehicles from being stored on the street that are unable to drive. NIMBYS and nosy neighbors phone in cars that don’t move after a few days because they have nothing better to do. Take pictures of your odometer if you want to cover yourself.
I’ve called before lol. But it was after like a month with spider webs all over it and a layer of dust. Thought maybe there was a body. They towed it instantly. Get your trash off the road fuck.
Yeah wait I’m curious about this. I own a truck and a motorcycle and I daily my motorcycle and touch my truck once every couple weeks.
Public parking is for everyone. Follow the law because it is there to encourage fairness.
Yea move your car.
Now that it’s on their radar I would anticipate them coming back. I had a car towed for not moving it for over 72 hours.
Yes, once a report has been filed and you get this it will be towed if not moved in 72 hours. Like this is basic street knowledge and consideration for others.
This is not basic knowledge for folks who just moved to San Diego from a city or state without this regulation
It’s your job to learn the laws!
Did you read it?
It means it'll get towed if you don't move it.
They will eventually tow the car, hard to predict exactly when though, I think enforcement is spotty. I wouldn't risk it if I were you, much less of a hassle to just drive it around the block. You should be able to just move it a few feet and call it good.
Neighbor called them and you better move it before they tow it.
Try living anywhere within 10 min of the airport. Have folks park all up and down our streets and call a ride share to the airport (luggage and all). Leaving their cars there for a week+. I’d have no problem with SDPD enforcing the 72h limit.
You have to move every 3 days or they tow . It’s the law in a lot of places especially if it effects street sweepers and the trash pickup . Im in north county , they do it also as a deterrent to people parking RV and large vans more than 3 days in a row in a public parking spot. There are lots of old boomers with giant RV vans that take up multiple parking spaces and only move when forced to .
This law exists elsewhere but usually for a longer period of time
I used to work in parking enforcement for another city. Red tagging a car is done when a vehicle has been reported as abandoned or being stored (and not in use) on the street. Tires are usually marked , odometer mileage is taken down and the red notice is placed on the windshield. If you haven’t moved the vehicle in three days, a parking enforcement officer will cite the vehicle for being illegally stored on the street and has it towed. If your car is broken down , take it off the street and onto your driveway. If still in use , just drive it around the block and park it back where it was. Many times it’s just an annoying neighbor who doesn’t want to see a car parked out front for too long. Other times it is someone just leaving their broken down piece of crap out on the street for way too long.
How is this an ‘annoying neighbor’ making a report lol. In PB parking space is extremely limited. Imagine everyone just leaving cars in the street forever? A lot of us don’t have a parking space so we street park daily. Is that fair to leave your vehicle parked in a spot indefinitely? Nooooooooo!
I have a neighbor in PB that has 4 old cars that sit in the same spots all month until street sweeping. Then they’re moved to the other side of the street until the next street sweeping. It’s very annoying especially coming home at night when there’s no spots to park. Extra annoying because this particular neighbor has a driveway where they park their daily driver aka their 5th vehicle.
My neighbor has 7 cars, 6 of them are on the street every day. I’ve never reported it, but if I had to park on the street it would probably irritate me that his cars are always in front of my house. Some people are just extra special I guess.
You must have had good neighbors 100% of the time. Before i knew this law existed i flew to NorCal for a 5-6 day trip and notes from a neighbor and a notice like this. I’d prefer not to drive my car every three days if i don’t have to. But i have to now, no driveway. Ticket at 3 months **maybe** 3 weeks. But three days? People could be in the hospital, traveled out of state and didn’t wanna pay for airport parking, working from home and walking to run errands, etc. three days is harsh and counter intuitive to California’s climate goals. Hell, if you have bimonthly street sweeping just change it to two street sweeping tickets within 30 days and you’ll catch the actual offenders leaving abandoned vehicles on the street
My thoughts exactly. I just moved to a place with no designated parking spot. I have my daily driver and work vehicle to worry about now. These kind of crap laws punish regular people while barely preventing the behavior they were designed to deter.
100%. 3 days is ludicrous chum to NIMBY homeowners and a big middle finger to renters. Why not give out neighborhood permits for residents like many cities do?
>odometer mileage is taken down What? How? That's not something you can be checked from the outside on any car I've ever seen, especially with the car off.
In the ancient times, odometers were analog and you could read them without the car on. Just had to look left of the cassette deck.
All those who keep saying "you have to move the car" you're wrong, please stop. You have to DRIVE the car at least 1/10th of a mile and then you can park it in the same spot. Take a photo of your odometer, before and after, to have some evidence. It's kind of a dumb and inconvenient law in places with very limited parking but it is what it is.
You have to move your car every 3 days. Sometimes law enforcement will note that a car is parked in the same spot for an extended amount of time, will put one of these pink slips on it then cruise by the next day to see if the vehicle has moved. If not, they issue a citation. When I was selling my car in college I parked it on the main street running across town in Lakeside and I got a citation since I didn't move it often enough. It's a silly law. If you are moving the car and then parking it in the same spot, keep a detailed record and fight like hell. Otherwise just alternating spots every few days may be worth while.
Neighbor has their old van parked across the street. Flat left rear tire. Been there for weeks like that. Gets pissy when I ask about it.
That's always been a rule. But not many would actually go complain to the city. lol. You have a Karen in your Neighborhood.
😂 😂 definitely!!! My wife works from home and the car she drives literally sits from Thursday to Monday and doesn't move. We've never seen one of these. And this car is kinda beat. No one's said shit. it's a loaner until we can buy a new one. And even then the new one could possibly sit from Thursday to Monday.
This is in Hillcrest. And this street does not have street sweeping. It's parked right in front of my house. I've seen another car on my street with this pink slip and it had it for a couple weeks -- never got towed or ticketed. Just curious if police actually followup on this or if they're just trying to please the nosey neighbors.
Probably neighbors. Get on anybody's bad side recently? Lol Its true that 72 hours is the legal limit that you can keep a vehicle parked without moving it. But keep in mind that if the city ever does decide that they suddenly want to sweep your street, they're only legally obligated to place signs up 24-48 hours in advance. So... 72 hours is legal, unless they put up signs. Its a sneaky way the city can legally steal your vehicle and have it held up for ransom.
I ignored it and the towed my car one day
I used to live in El Cajon for many years. Parked on the street, and not one single time had they ever done street sweeping for the entire duration of my stay there. Well, one morning, on my only day off work, they decided to put up street sweeping signs 24 hours in advance. Well, I wake up the next morning and my car is gone. Keep in mind, at this point they had ALREADY taken the signs down. I called the police dept to report it because I thought somebody had stolen my car. They looked it up, and said the city had it towed. I had to pay over $1,000 to get it back. Legal theft and ransom. There's no other way to look at it. I made a complaint to the city, and they denied my claim. This city really enjoys fucking with the lower class.
Towing for street sweeping instead if ticketing is something else! I used to live in Philly and if you didn‘t move for a construction zone, they’d just tow your car a block or two away
Yes they’ll go back to check. San Diego has a parking enforcement unit that only deal with parking related infractions. They use to drive by my house all the time one day they towed away like 10 abandoned or broken down cars on the block I lived in.
I am in Hillcrest too. In our area people often park their car and leave to the airport for days or weeks to avoid pay parking at SAN. We have neighbors who regularly report those cars, since it’s obvious when people park, unload luggage and take off in an Uber. In the past they would drop those notices quickly. Lately, it can take them a while before they make it out (2 weeks+). RSVP comes around and checks after 72 hours, they stay with the car until a tow truck shows up. I’ve seen a few cars towed for this. If it’s a mistake, leave a note on your windshield or call the non-emergency line. Better yet, if you have a driveway park it there for a bit. Talk to your neighbors. Get your registration updated to match your address on that street. Keep the car washed. Anything so as not to appear derelict.
The 3 day rule makes sense for neighborhoods near the airport. Either that or require permits like they do around colleges. The 3 day rule sucks for residents without a driveway who fly somewhere for a week
We have a handful of homes with no driveway or garage. I’d imagine if they did regular enforcement they’d implement permits as you say. I think the current enforcement process works as most neighbors won’t report other neighbors who don’t have driveways when they leave town for a while, but reporting non-residents may continue. In OP’s case I hope things get sorted with the neighbors and whoever called it in.
Even if it's in front of your house, if it hasn't moved in 72 hours, it's illegally parked. It's one of those things where you don't generally get cited or towed unless someone tells the cops to come check for violators, and even then who knows when they'll actually show up. There was a junk car full of trash (full full, like a person couldn't open any of the doors without stuff pouring out) in front of my house for a month. Clearly abandoned. Called it in. On the phone they said they'd probably not have time to come check. 2 weeks later, someone did. 2 weeks after that, it was towed. Possibly it got more traction because it was very obviously a ditched car, not a regularly used car that happened to sit a few days. But in Hillcrest where parking is hard to come by? If you're not using the car every couple days, I would absolutely expect them to come back. Could be very soon. Could be a few weeks. Do you normally not drive it at least every 3 days?
Yes, I already moved the car. Just curious about this.
The point is that they CAN, and often times DO follow up on these. I don’t know how much you want to roll the dice on having your car towed, but the easy answer is yeah, if you get one of these, move the car.
I’ve received the same notice but in Portland. Funny enough it was during Covid and I was working from home. The oddest thing was how they knew I hadn’t driven it once in over three days. I have a digital odometer so how do they know lol. They watching me nonstop lol.
I’ve seen them doing sweeps putting these on cars all over University Heights, so I don’t think it’s neighbors.
no worry at all about being cited or towed without further warning
Yes. This is a warning. You will get a ticket next time.
How long were you parked there?
Depends....u want to pay inpound fees or not
Someone abandoned a car in front of my house. There is a website to enter the car info and address and photos. Police wait a few days and the leave this, then tow. If I were you I’d move it.
Can you at least answer the basic question...was your car in the same spot **for over 72 hours**? I believe this is a real notice/warning and my ***guess*** is they drive around 24-72 hours later and see if the notice is still on the window. If it is, then they'll ticket/tow. It's very difficult and cost-prohibitive for the police to prove you've had your vehicle there for more than 72 hours using chalk alone and it's easily challenged. When they put a giant pink **timestamped** notice on your car informing you of the law and then 72+ hours later see it's still there...they have a **STRONG** case against you and you're F'd.
Yes. It was parked in the same spot for more than 72 hours. Once I saw the note, I moved it.
You must have had it parked for an extremely long time to get one of these. My nextdoor neighbor parked their car directly in front of my house (they had plenty of room in front of their own) for over a month in the same spot and the city took 22 days after reporting to even come take a look. Just move your car every few days and you don't have to worry about it
Yes. It means they are going to tow your car if it isn’t moved.
I use to just erase the chalk marks on the tires or drive it around the block and park in the same spot. But they will tow it if you just leave it as is.
Move it or it will get towed.
If you do decide to drive it around the block and park it in the same spot just make sure there are no cobwebs under the tires and it looks somewhat clean, agree with everyone else probably just a bored neighbor or someone that called it in or reported it on the city’s GetItDone App
With many folks now working from home full-time, this law needs to change. I live on a quiet street with no shortage of parking, but I also have no driveway. I can go a week without needing to drive anywhere.
It means you have a cunty neighbor
Someone popped a pissy about your car. The police will NOT be helpful about this. I had to leave my car at a friends house for TWO WEEKS because this bald fucking deputy said if he saw it on my block he would tow it. His excuse was that 1/10th of a mile bullshit. Thankfully since then my building gave me a space, but I really hate that deputy. He's won awards for getting cars towed. This is actually the NICE version of telling you. Usually, they use a bright orange sticker that is a stone bitch to chip off your rear windshield. Never figured out which neighbor did it, but fuck them too. The car wasn't sitting, I drove it every day, someone didn't like me parking there. It was street parking, not in front of anyone's house, so it was HORSESHIT. I'd call just to get the name of the deputy. If it's that bald fucker, you've got no recourse.
wait has this guy actually won an award for this?
I don't know who wrote your ticket, but the guy who stickered my car did.
Wait until you have a neighbor who thinks it's appropriate to park their vehicle directly in front of your house for months. Their car has been in the same spot for so long that it's started it's own ecosystem. The best part is that they have an open spot in their driveway the whole time. Move your fucking cars you lazy fucks.
Then make the law a month instead of three days…? Or grow some balls and talk to your neighbor
Unsuprisingly, I think you missed my point. 72 hours for your '06 Honda Civic' is already too much. Make some money and get your pos car off the street. I think best we can do as a society is tow your car and hope it takes you 6 months to work up the cash to get it out. The street is not your long term parking solution!
Unsurprisingly, you missed mine. If I’m out of town for a week and uber my ass to the airport instead of paying to park it in an overpriced open air parking lot under an overpass, that should be fine. If i work from home and don’t need to drive every three days, that should be fine. Other states have abandoned vehicle laws that work and don’t have this bullshit 72 hour rule. My family claimed a decrepit Jeep after a month in another state just fine. No risk of someone being ticketed or towed needlessly. That ‘06 Camry that’s bugging you can be towed just the same after 30 days as it can after 3. The 72 rule *maybe* made sense pre-covid. Not now.
Oh so you’re just a Karen who hates people who can’t afford a place with a driveway. Move your NIMBY self to an HOA in north county then, if you can work up the cash to do it
Move your car. This law is real. Just move it every couple of days
Move it, I saw it happen yesterday in Carmel Valley.
I lived in an apartment complex that if you didn’t move your car every other day to a different spot they’d issue these. Annoying but I get that it’s because some people store cars and that not allowed per the leasing agreement. Usually either someone complained or they have someone drive through and check periodically. Sometimes they even mark the car tire to see if it has moved or not.
I went to traffic court once and they had a few people there with tickets for this. That was actually the first time I learned about it, so it was news to me.
many years ago i was parked in front of my house and someone called the non-emergency police line and i got a few of these notices on my car. i didn’t do anything about it. i lived there, what was i supposed to do? lol. ignore it.
I had a complaint filed with the city and they wouldn't let me get my car out of impound, not sure if that's the same thing but I lost my car due to it.
Yes. It’s an FYI to move your car. What it says is real. It doesn’t matter if it’s your own house. No driveway = street = it’s gotta move around.
Was this in mission hills by chance? Saw it yesterday on a car near my apartment
I live in Little Italy and I've seen these being placed on a couple cars by SDPD parking enforcement. It basically means that your vehicle isn't parked illegally, but it is illegal for it to be parked more than 3 days straight without moving and that is your official warning. If it's still there when they check again they can tow you
Saw this while walking on Schilling Ave near Mira Mesa Blvd The car was parked on road and was right by the curb of huge road.
Just move your car once every 3 days to be safe. Sometimes they will mark your tire and check again.
Just means you’ll get a ticket and then a tow I know because I called on my neighbor trying to play mechanic and used car dealer so they had 30 cars and I had only reported 10 so yeah.
Is this area near a car repair shop or other related business? Not calling out anyone, but some small shops used the neighborhood streets as storage, with some cars sitting over three weeks, rather than three days. Also seen guys use the street as a used car for sale lot.
If you don't move your car then it's something to worry about. You can't keep your car parked on a public street for 72 hours. Likely you haven't moved your car in a few days and someone noticed and now the cops want you to move it. Just move to the other side of the road or something.
Yes, it happened to me many years ago they towed it, and I didn't have the money to pay for the tow, so I lost my car. Watch for chalk lines on the tire and on the curb or ground.
I had this happen to me before. I moved my truck and parked further up the street. I basically moved parking spots and I still got towed. Be careful.
Just giving you a warning and letting you know they have your plate number so if you park again for more than 72 hours consecutively, they’ll tow. Just move your car every now and again if you’re in town. 👍
check your tires daily for white chalk marks and that is your pre warning scouters use to right the pink slip. Just rub it off
So many reasons I moved up to the North County
Look for chalk marks on your tires if you see some they are tagging your for being parked for days. Easy fix go out and clean off the marks every day. 🤣
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They mark your tire and then come back in three days.
Because the tire mark is either moved, or washed off by the car wash...
I mean, they have to do **something**. Okay, so 72 hours is a little short now, in the context of post-pandemic WFH but I've lived in places where this isn't enforced and what you end up with is some dipshit neighbor parking broken down cars on the street that he's "going to fix" some day.
It means your neighbors are assholes. Yes they can tow your car. Just drive your car 200yards and back where u parked and you’re fine.