The Truth about Sunday and Holiday Parking in NYC What you don t know will hurt you New York Parking Ticket LLC
The Truth about NYC Parking Rules for Holidays and Sundays You will absolutely, positively receive a NYC parking ticket if you don t know the difference between the parking rules for Major Legal Holidays, Legal Holidays and Sunday Parking For example, raise your cyber hand if you were among the numerous, furious members of the driving public who were issued NYC parking tickets because you thought parking rules were suspended on Martin Luther King's Birthday? Parking rules are not suspended on MLK's birthday because under NYC parking rules, it is not a " Major Legal Holiday." It is classified as a "Legal Holiday." There are different rules for different holidays. How to learn the parking rules for Major Legal Holiday, Legal Holiday and Sunday Parking? Hopefully, this chart will help! 2
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Some Helpful Hints: Regardless of the Holiday or on Sunday, you can never, ever park in a space regulated by a sign that prohibits parking all days/times, or any time. Generally this sign will be a red parking sign On Sundays, you do not have to pay a parking meter or muni-meter. The big but is that you still must obey the parking signs regulating your space. If the sign says, "No Parking Any Time," please keep driving. Just because you don't have to put money in a meter, do not assume you can disobey the parking sign regulating the space Please be sure you check whether a holiday is classified by the arcane NYC parking rules as a "Major Legal Holiday" or a "Legal Holiday," before you decide which parking rules are in effect on that day. 4
Parking is Free on Sundays in NYC (in most, but not all, parking spaces) We have received numerous telephone calls from members of the NYC driving public about Sunday parking rules. Here are some answers to your frequently asked questions. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY PARKING METERS OR MUNI- METERS ON SUNDAY. Down memory lane DOT Announces Sunday Meter Regulations Are No Longer In Effect Release #05-79 Thursday November 10, 2005 The New York City Department of Transportation announced today that in accordance with legislation enacted by the City Council, beginning Sunday, November 13, 2005, parking meters and muni-meters no longer have to be paid on Sundays. The Department of Transportation is in the process of changing signs throughout the City to reflect this new parking rule but it will take some time before the thousands of parking signs can be updated. Despite what is stated on these signs, motorists can park at meters on Sundays without paying. 5
DOT Announces Sunday Meter Regulations Are No Longer In Effect Release #05-79 Thursday November 10, 2005 The New York City Department of Transportation announced today that in accordance with legislation enacted by the City Council, beginning Sunday, November 13, 2005, parking meters and muni-meters no longer have to be paid on Sundays. The Department of Transportation is in the process of changing signs throughout the City to reflect this new parking rule but it will take some time before the thousands of parking signs can be updated. Despite what is stated on these signs, motorists can park at meters on Sundays without paying. * YOU MUST CONTINUE TO OBEY PARKING SIGNS REGULATING PARKING SPACES WITH OR WITHOUT PARKING METERS OR MUNI-METERS ON SUNDAYS, IF, THE PARKING RULE DISPLAYED ON THE SIGN IS ALL DAYS/ALL TIMES, or ANY TIME 6
When a parking sign does not display days in effect, it really means all times. But, in my humble opinion, parking is permitted on Sunday in a space regulated by this sign because it does not prohibit parking all days/times, or any time. You may never, ever, even on Sundays, park or stand in a space regulated by a sign that prohibits standing ANY TIME. 7
You may park in any space on a Sunday regulated by a parking sign that permits parking on Sundays. Here are some valuable links to the DOT Web site: NYC DOT Web site: Meter Parking is Free on Sundays DOT Press Release: Free Meter Parking on Sundays 8
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