[quote=PKMAN]As my HOA explains:
No parking on driveway if the length of the driveway is less than that of the car. HOA does not want the car to extend out to the sidewalk. But then again, most driveways in the community are less than 15 feet, OK for small cars, barely adequate for mid-size and simply aren’t sufficient for full-size and pickups. And yes, most families have garage full of stuffs and thus could only park one car in it, or none at all. This is one rule that most residences will not support and thus everybody’s ignoring it so far.[/quote]
Just an FYI – It’s illegal in California to block the sidewalk with your car. The issue is for disabled… not to mention moms with strollers, kids on bikes, etc.
22500. No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic control device, in any of the following places:
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(e) In front of a public or private driveway, except that a bus engaged as a common carrier, schoolbus, or a taxicab may stop to load or unload passengers when authorized by local authorities pursuant to an ordinance.
In unincorporated territory, where the entrance of a private road or driveway is not delineated by an opening in a curb or by other curb construction, so much of the surface of the ground as is paved, surfaced, or otherwise plainly marked by vehicle use as a private road or driveway entrance, shall constitute a driveway.
(f) On any portion of a sidewalk, or with the body of the vehicle extending over any portion of a sidewalk, except electric carts when authorized by local ordinance, as specified in Section 21114.5. Lights, mirrors, or devices that are required to be mounted upon a vehicle under this code may extend from the body of the vehicle over the sidewalk to a distance of not more than 10 inches.
