Is it legal to put up a "no parking" sign in front of your neighborhood house?

Question

This is a quiet neighborhood. The road is 2 lane but people have to park on the road because they have no garage or driveway. Yes, it can be tight, but there are no city "no parking" signs. So how far into the road does a homeowner own anyway? If everyone in the area put "no parking" signs up, there would be no place at all to park to get home for some.
Can they really legally enforce their own "no parking" sign on a public street?

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billogi, I'm the one who thinks this neighbor is being ridiculous and acting as if they control the streets. No bad news for me : )

Answer 1

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Your property may extend to the centerline of the road, but the city controls what is called the Right of Way, which extends 20-40 feet from the center of the road. You do not own/control the Right of Way
You do not have a say in who parks where, even if you put up a sign.

Honestly....that would be ridiculous. What would stop somebody from putting up a sign that said "No Parking - within 5280 feet of this sign. Violaters will owe $38,000 to me."

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Answer 2

It's quite legal to put up the sign but also lamentably unenforceable, so you are essentially relying on the driver of the vehicle to pay attention to your sign and not realising that it's not, in fact, legally binding.

Answer 3

you do not own any of the road. The only way it is illegal for some one to park out side of your house is if you have a driveway and they are obstructing it.
No body has the right to exclusively park out side there own house.
sorry to be the bearer of bad news for you.

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We had a drive way

Answer 4

First, the "homeowner" does not "own" ANY of the road.

Second, the homeowner cannot put up their own "no parking" sign, much less "legally enforce" it.

The city the neighborhood is in would have to put up the signs, but if "people have to park on the road because they have no garage or driveway" the city would not do it (in fact, the courts might not allow it, because the people would then not have any place to park).

Answer 5

depends on the zoning. Normally - the city or municipality will intervene and work out a best fit solution such as giving decals to everyone who lives in the area to put on their vehicles. Then only the cars with decals are allowed to park in the vicinity.Every one else gets a ticket or towed away. The city will have signs that say Parking for residents only strictly enforced.

Answer 6

I doubt it's legal, unless there's a health or disability issue with a resident. You would need to check your title papers, but where I live, there's a 10 foot public easement along the road front for things like utilities, sidewalks, etc. Is it a homemade sign or one of those signs saying that Bubba's Towing is going to haul you off? If there is, call Bubba and ask him what's up with the sign.

Answer 7

I would get a fake fire plug, put it up when you leave and put it away when you get there.

Answer 8

you dont any of the road,its public property.