‘Should be able to park on my block,’ slams driver as prime spots are reserved for people who died over a year ago | 2JS504Y | 2024-04-30 12:08:01
'Should be able to park on my block,' slams driver as prime spots are reserved for people who died over a year ago | 2JS504Y | 2024-04-30 12:08:01
DRIVERS searched for street-side parking spots in their neighborhood while dozens of spaces remained reserved for motorists who died years ago.
A series of accessible parking spaces in a Chicago neighborhood remained reserved, years after the recipient of the designated spot have died.
"I should be able to park on my block," an anonymous driver told Chicago-based CBS affiliate WBBM in 2021.
"When I come home from work, there's no parking."
She wasn't alone.
"Ugh. Very annoyed," another driver complained.
"When you buy a house, it does not come with parking."
Both drivers said they've tried to take back spots for the public – but they claim the police had been called.
Several street-side spots in Chicago's West Side were reserved for handicap parking.
However, the residents knew some of their neighbors had died – they claimed other family members used the reserved spaces.
The television station identified one spot that was still reserved for a driver who had died over a year before the article.
Chicago's accessible parking rules allow drivers to apply for reserved spots in their neighborhoods.
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> The spots are maintained by local officials when the spot's users pay a yearly $25 fee.
Reserved spaces are supposed to revert to public parking when the applicant dies.
Once notified, the city is supposed to remove markings around the spots, including signs.
But drivers said the city continued to maintain several spots a year after the recipient died.
"It's been over a year and there's three signs on my block that have not been moved," one of the women claimed.
"I told some of my co-workers at work about and she said the same thing happens in and she said it's the same thing on her block," the other driver told the station.
<p class="article__content--intro"> Parking on a public street is generally legal, even in front of someone's house, experts say. </p> </div> </div> Chicago's Department of Finance requires family members to notify parking authorities when an accessible parking recipient passes.
But the two anonymous drivers said several families – due to grief or greed – didn't notify the proper authorities.
They said they want the spots back.
After the television station ran the story, three handicap parking spots on one of the monitored streets were removed.
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