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  1. #1
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    Default Ticket for Parking Too Close to a Fire Hydrant

    My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: Minnesota

    So I just got a ticket for parking to close to a fire Hydrant in Minneapolis. I was in a 4-hour parking zone and there were no Signs or yellow markings on the curb. I have walked past this location on average around 4 times per day on business days and I have noticed people parking there all the time with no Tickets. So today I thought I would move up and park there because it was open. I figured I would leave some room just in case (Not blocking it totally) but I did not know I could NOT be as close as I was (4 feet?). I feel that the City of Minneapolis should mark that out and not just give tickets for unspecting people, because I would have never parked there had I known.

    Here is the google street view of the hydrant. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9883...7i13312!8i6656

    Let me know what you think.

    Thank you!

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    Default Re: Parking to Close to a Hydrant - Minneapolis

    Haven't you heard?

    "Ignorance of the law is no excuse."

    Sorry, it's 10'.

    What others do and get away with has nothing to do with you.

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    Default Re: Parking to Close to a Hydrant - Minneapolis

    Just in case they don't mark other areas you didn't learn about in drivers training or in the booklet the DMV gives out so people can pass their tests;


    169.34 PROHIBITIONS; STOPPING, PARKING.


    Subdivision 1.Prohibitions.

    (a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
    (1) on a sidewalk;
    (2) in front of a public or private driveway;
    (3) within an intersection;
    (4) within ten feet of a fire hydrant;
    (5) on a crosswalk;
    (6) within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
    (7) within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
    (8) between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;
    (9) within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
    (10) within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance when properly signposted;
    (11) alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
    (12) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
    (13) upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel, except as otherwise provided by ordinance;
    (14) within a bicycle lane, except when posted signs permit parking; or
    (15) at any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
    (b) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into any prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
    (c) No person shall, for camping purposes, leave or park a travel trailer on or within the limits of any highway or on any highway right-of-way, except where signs are erected designating the place as a campsite.
    (d) No person shall stop or park a vehicle on a street or highway when directed or ordered to proceed by any peace officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic.


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