I (and hundreds of others that I know of), park a commercial vehicle every
night on a residential street.  I'm a service technician, and like many
others, bring my vehicle home every night.  Never had a single complaint or
parking ticket (for that) in almost 15 years.  One of my co-workers had a
drunk driver 'hit-and-rum' his Chevy Express van parked on the street in
front of his house. No citation for him on that one, either.  I live in
Massachusetts, and have had take-home commercial vans (lettered and phone
#'s) from 2 different employers.  What state are you talking about?

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: Municipal camper bans

> On Dec 18, 2007 1:17 AM, Mark C <obeechi@runbox.com> wrote:
>
>> What about that newer law in LA where a permit is required for parking an
>> RV or a small or larger commercial vehicle on the streets, and this
>> permit
>> is only good for a day or three... I bet in certain parts of this city
>> they
>> enforce this... esp if a neighbor complains...
>>
>
> I think the limit is only on residential streets. A guy who lives across
> the
> street liked to park his plumbing truck in front of my apartment, taking
> up
> 2-3 spots. Lately he's been parking a block over, in front of commercial
> buildings, because parking enforcement has been ticketing him for parking
> a
> commercial vehicle on a residential street overnight. Never had a problem
> with either my Vanagon or my ridiculous long wheel base Chevy Express van.
> Of course, the former doesn't have "Plumber" and phone numbers plastered
> all
> over it, and the latter is just a passenger van. Plenty of beat up old RVs
> lining certain non-residential streets near the VA hospital though. They
> never seem to get tickets.
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>