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@mediagirl: that's rude. I'm assuming someone is having a football watching party? But technically that's the easement and doesn't belong to the homeowner, right?

That is just weird... Is there not enough room to park on the actual street?

That's rude. Why can't they just park on the street? If it were my lawn, I'd call the city bylaw office. They handle towing, and that sort of thing. But since it's not your property, I wouldn't do anything.

That is quite rude if there is space on the street, but usually the 'parking' (the space between the sidewalk and street) is public property, so I don't know that a tow truck would remove that car unless it had been abandoned there. Most suburban lots end about where the sidewalk is, but the landowner still has to maintain the sidewalk/parking. At least, that's been true of every place I've lived.

They honestly probably feel like they are doing something good by moving further out of the street. If it was a constant thing and was damaging the property in some way I would try to figure out who it was so I could explain that it was causing harm and ask them to stop, but otherwise I wouldn't do anything about it.

We maintain that spot by our house but it's the city's property. In any event, people park there with their wheels up all the time and it wouldn't occur to me to do anything about it. There's no harm being done.

Looks like they are trying to get out of the street. Since it's on the other side of the sidewalk and not my side of the sidewalk, I consider that public/city property and it wouldn't bother me. Just like we're responsible for snow removal on the sidewalk in front of my house, the side walk is still not technically my property. If they jumped the sidewalk and was on my property, they'd be getting towed.

Wouldn't care.

Totally normal around here. We have to pull off the road to keep enough room for traffic. And I wouldn't want my car side swiped and loose a mirror. Assuming it's just for a couple of hours I wouldn't worry at all.

Ps even if you maintain a piece of that land it may not be part of your property.

@mediagirl: Tire marks in my grass do not bother me. If they left huge ruts from spinning their wheels, then yes, I would be upset. A few hours of a tire sitting on the grass isn't going to ruin your lawn.

If they were actually on my lawn I would maybe call the police to see if it could get towed. But I probably wouldn't even notice if they were parked on the curb like your picture. People did that in front of our old house all the time and it was only an issue when trying to grow grass and we had it sectioned off which doesn't look to be the case here.

You could call the non emergency line and ask about the rules on it.

Doesn't seem like a big deal to me.

Wouldn't bother me, there are much worse things that would stress me out. They won't be there forever and grass won't be permanently damaged. #firstworldproblems

Wouldn't bother me.

Looks like the one in front is also on the grass? Honestly I don't think I'd notice that. Maybe. I might SMH about it but I wouldnt think much more about it.

@mediagirl: I do spend a lot of time on our yard and it's me that maintains it, and it just... doesn't bother me. We also have people trek across our driveway and across the corner of our lawn because so much so that a path is worn into it because we live across the street from a busy bus stop and there is no sidewalk on our side of the road. That also doesn't bother me at all. I think it might be a personality thing though, because it bothers my sister even when she's just visiting.

Seems pretty harmless to me. Only would bother me if it happened multiple times a week.

I get it. The first time I would personally let it go, but it's likely they are at an immediate neighbors house so I would go try to find out whose it is and ask to move it. My parents had this happen to them and my stepdad turned the sprinklers on and soaked the cars....who left their windows down. Also, even though the first few feet of the property can be used by the town for sidewalks, etc. I don't believe actually means it's public property and anyone can use it. If someone was standing in that same spot it's still considered trespassing.

I would park myself in front of my front window and wait to see who it was. Its rude to park in front of someone else's house, unless its a one time thing for a party. But parking up on the grass? Never acceptable. I'd probably approach the owner about that issue.