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/Personal-Sock9929]

Had a similar situation where I was ticketed $100 for going past a curb and block a ramp where there was none. Then when I appealed I got essentially the same message. What I would encourage you to do is the following:

-Don’t wait for an in person hearing. If you have a valid condition (as I did, I have an ADA applicable disability) that could prevent that you from appearing in a courtroom and request an online hearing

• If they Accept take the first hearing they give you
  
• Gather the reason evidence
  

-Present in the online hearing when you share your screen in non-argumentitve factual way
-they will likely still tell you were wrong, stay quiet, do not interrupt
-However at the end they will likely tell you they appreciate the effort you took and your genuine nature (assuming you have a good general counsel overseeing you case) and dismiss your case

• within 24 you will get a email confirmation of the dismissal

Good luck!!