AnonymousBy an edhat reader
I read a report on Nextdoor from someone in my neighborhood that a man was parked in their driveway. He initially refused to leave citing, “the public has an easement for any driveway.” Is this true?
Below is the full post by my neighbor:
40-45ish Caucasian male “Sean”, shaved side of head, maybe 5 ‘ 9″ 175#, seated in a black Jeep Wrangler with cracked windshield talking on the phone while parked in my driveway. I asked him what he was doing there, and he said he’d pulled off the road to be on the phone. I asked him to leave, and he said “Don’t have to have attitude about it…I know the law and the public has an easement for any driveway.” I asked him to leave again, and recited his license plate (something like CRF X 129). He hung up with his call, and left.
“Sean” is mistaken: you don’t have the legal right to park in or in front of anyone else’s driveway locally, and if the vehicle is abandoned, it can be towed at the owner’s expense, plus the citation. Sean seemed angry and impulsive. Beware. I have reported this information to the police.
Just goes to show if someone gives you an argument with enough conviction (ie a bold faced lie without blinking) he’s earned at least an hour until you figure out he’s full of manure and you should’ve sent him packing an hour ago. Heck it can even get you elected to the highest office in the land.
Wow! How is this guy NOT in politics? He sounds like the people in Sacramento…
If I saw a stranger parked in the easement to my driveway, I would ask him if he needed directions or help in any way. If he reacted badly and got aggro or snotty about it, I would ask him to move along, please and not block my easement. Then I’d get on with the rest of my day. Things are difficult nowadays, with too many people and each and everyone of us so quick to take offense. Personally, I think it’s good “Sean” stopped to make his call. His choice of parking? Not great, but . . . hey . . . is it really worth getting into it with a person who reacts badly and probably enjoys causing drama? I think not. Was he blocking your ingress/egress at that very moment? And, after reading speculation made re: Sean’s identity, if any part of what has been written is true, the dude is more to be pitied than censured. He sounds like a very sad and upset individual. Let it go. ********* To clarify is it legal or not: The part of “your” driveway located between the curb and the sidewalk is public easement, City owned. That said, NO ONE is allowed to park there for any great length of time, that includes residents of the property. “Great length of time” being long hours or days. Despite the fact that we see residents all over town parking during the day and overnight in their driveway easements, it’s not legal.
Sorry about the noise, Sean, but I gotta mow my lawn.
That is truly weird. Parking in someone else’s driveway is bizarre. I can see stopping briefly – in front of the easement, along the street – if there is an emergency call to make/a child spills her juice all over the place/etc., but this guy is off his rocker.
Possibly violent nutcase. Call 911