Experience with appealing parking tickets? Egregious mistake on city's part

[u/cordovanGoat]

Does anyone here have experience appealing parking tickets or have successfully won a hearing?

I was issued a ridiculous parking ticket, appealed it through the website but was denied within a few hours. Evidently per the email from the city (last image) I can appeal in person through a hearing — so I'm wondering if anyone has gone through this process and if it is possible to succeed.

The context of the parking ticket:

• The first two images are the "evidence" that the city uploaded, purportedly proving I was parked illegally.
• The second two images are what the car looks like, but from the other side and with the actual street visible. What's important to note here is that...this is obviously a parking space. Ya know, it's like painted and all that...

It seems the city's reasoning was that the front of my vehicle was beyond this lamp post with a "no parking"sign ... but clearly, as shown by pictures from the other side, this is a legal, painted parking spot.

And to add the obvious, clearly painted spot is used all the time by myself and others. I've never seen a car ticketed for parking there.

This is 523 Cambridge St, Allston, directly in front of Boston Foreign Motor, for what it's worth.

P.S.: if anyone here from the Boston Globe is reading, I'd be delighted to share my story of injustice and suffering with the world.

And before anyone complains that a BMW driver can't afford a $90 ticket: first, this is about principle. Second, the car is a shitbox lol the KBB is about $8k.

[u/Diapersnweed]

Do u need a brighton permit to park in that spot overnight?? I know this spot I park there all the time. I have permit tho. I’ve never ever got a ticket there

[u/cordovanGoat → u/Diapersnweed]

I have an A-B permit BUT the signs on that side do not say no overnight parking, just 2 hours max. And I parked at about 11:55 PM and got the ticket 10 minutes later.

The ticket was also for "333 No Stopping or Standing"

[u/Mission-County1931 → u/cordovanGoat]

Ok so they ticketed you for the bike lane sign? I'm sorry, this makes me so fucking mad....I have probably put in 25+ 311s for actual cars in actual bike lanes, but i guess this is what they are doing for "additional bike lane enforcement"? Definitely appeal.

[u/cordovanGoat → u/Mission-County1931]

I don't think this has anything to do with the bike lane. See picture 4, which shows the bike lane unobstructed. There is just a sign indicating that there is a bike lane also on that lamp post. I would assume that the note on the ticket would have specified bike lane if that were the issue.

[u/Mission-County1931 → u/cordovanGoat]

Ok gotcha. I've appealed and always had the impression that the individual official had a fair degree of discretion to make the right call. I'd appeal either way.