Absolutely, yes. You spend hours shoveling and re-shoveling after plows come through, it's your spot. Good for 48hrs after emergency has been lifted. Once 48hrs expire, free game.

Those who drive out of their spot, without shoveling and leave behind a massive amount of snow still on the street, and then leave behind a cone, no way.

Anyone see the maroon Toyota FJ Cruiser on Bartlett that took someone's spot on Sunday? I'm surprised they got away with only handwriting on the sides of the car.

I think it depends. While walking I notices spots saved on Terminal St. Those are no where near a residence and in my opinion shouldn't be savable. Let's face it, should someone drive around for hours when you might not be home till 7 or 8pm. On a residential street, I get it.

You can take my spot, after I have shoveled my car out and cleaned the spot , to return to it.
But, that's not to say you may have to re-shovel YOUR car out if you take my spot.
I love exercise, it would mean nothing to me to bury your BMW,
if you move my marker.
Word to the wise..thats all!

If people didn't save spots, and worked together as a community to clear out cars and parking spots, then there would be no need for place markers. Unortunatey that doesn't happen so I guess they're necessary. I just can't stand the levels of hatred, violence, and vindictiveness people stoop to in these situations.

So, 48 hours from the end of the snow emergency. I guess I can get on board with that. If I had my way I'd be 6 pm tonight that all spots are "fair game", given that the outbound half of Bunker Hill St is still unusable for parking.

There's a better way, to regain the lost parking.

Have people park on odd/even sides given the day and the area the city will run the plows down to clear the parking lane. That's what they do in Boulder Colorado after the snow has stopped

I like that Boulder, CO idea. Boston is a city, streets are public or reserved for residents. I don't think any person should be able to reserve a space - ever. We moved from Bay Village, where we all dug out and very few reserved spaces. It was much less stressful than returning home from work stressing about the hundreds of public spaces you cannot park in. There are not enough spaces for everyone as it is, so you live in a city, you choose to live here - dig yourself out and move on.

Yes Jillian
I live in the city and, I choose to, but I also pay taxes, being a home owner,not a tenant!
So with that said, I feel if I have lived in my house for 60 odd years, and have had understanding neighbors and also home owners, that we have paid property tax on. That yes, we think we should be able to reserve the spot that we spent the time to clear in front of OUR property, not to have a tenant of a apartment house, with their multiple friends staying over,parking and leaving their cars for days.and then just pull out without clearing the spot and come back and pull into a spot that a home owner has cleared out.

Keep ur space for 48hrs! You spend out shoveling and reshoveling , so why should you have to give it up to someone who did nothing. You can say park on opposite sides, but be honest with yourself we couldn't even get sidewalks plowed never mind the streets. Realistically you dig it you keep it. If you dont like that why dont you try actually being the one who does all the work instead of the one who steals others! If you did the work youi would see where the rest of us were coming from!

After I spent all day Saturday shoveling enough space to walk down my street and up to civilization, I realized the unwritten 48 hour rule was totally justified. I get it- people are tired... come home from work, drive around, can't find a spot. Sorry.. I deal with that every day when all the stay at home people and those with early schedules beat me to my space and I have to walk 15 minutes in the dark alone. So... I'm small, I beat myself up shoveling everyone's walkways, plus mine, plus my parking space, plus I pay a ton of taxes for owning... then I waited until today to get my street plowed. I love helping people and therefore I think I am entitled to my space for a couple of days in return for that!

I'm confused as to how it was determined that I'm a tenant, we bought a single family home in Charlestown in June. We were also homeowners in Bay Village. I just think it's part of city living to deal with things like shoveling and street parking. I am also fairly young so maybe it would be different if I were older and more accustomed to the rule of space saving. I think the city would be more appealing to young families if the mayor would abolish old and unwelcoming rules like space saving. We are in this together. Maybe it's a good idea for resident only parking during snowstorms. Those are my thoughts and I do not think you can put renters in a different tier, they pay hefty rents and their landlords pay taxes. That's my opinion.

As a Charlestown home owner who lives on a street with no parking, I too like the space saver rule. While parking my car back in it's spot today, I saw a person in an old beat up black Ford pick-up slowly driving down Phipps Street with a truck load of metal beach chairs, metal frames and other bits and pieces. If you get home tonight and find your beach chair missing and someone in your spot, please don't jump to the obvious conclusions. I reported it to the police and saw them actively looking for him.

Joseph,

No, homeowners should not have more privileges than renters. I am in the military, and I transfer every four years. Owning a home would be difficult for me once I transfer. So I would not stand for having someone, perhaps someone who hasn't served, have more rights and privileges than me simpley because thay own a home. And yes, I would make a huge stink about it.

JAP,

Easy there, buddy. Please don't think you're more entitled because you own a home. See my response to Joseph ,who got that discussion going.

Do we really nee to get a homeonwer/renter debate started. I stated my case in response to Joseph. I will not abide entitled attitudes from homeowners. I worked just as hard digging out.

JAP,

Do you have an issue with active duty military being able to register their car to any state in the country? It's that way to make life just a bit easier for those who sacrifice so much. You served so I'm sure you know.

I worked just as hard as any homeowner to dig my way out. And as far as your comment about renters with friends staying over, it brings to mind images of a bunch of lazy twenty somethings who just don't care. Hopefully that is not your mental image of renters. My wife and I are in our mid thirties and have established careers.

I think the bottom line is that renter or homeowner, if you put the sweat equity in, you claim the spot for a little while. I think we can all agree on that.

Everybody will be all set today, they finally lifted the parking ban.

You shovel the spot it's yours for a couple of days, then it's fair game. As far as Matthew goes , I think the same goes for you, you shouldn't use the ''I served, you didn't '' card , a lot of us didn't have to , or couldn't or didn't for whatever reason and still ''serve'' our country somehow. The person that shoveled the spot gets preference, period, whether they are a home owner, boat owner renter, serviceman, or member of the freakin Taliban, it's theirs.

Do we really want toilet seats and televisions along our streets? It's incredibly tacky as it is.

Somebody "Serve" me up a burger!

A couple of observations about Charlestown...It's very urban, yet tons of people have cars. No, too many people have cars. Would this work in NYC? Definitely not. Well Charlestown is very densely packed. There are a lot of people that should be using car-sharing services and renting from Enterprise on the weekend. Having a car in such a dense area is a pain in the ass, and it should be. While public transit isn't fun, it's the way of the world in cities, but the more people think they can have both, the more traffic and parking issues created. The city should definitely do a better job plowing, but people shouldn't be able to expect parking here anyway. On the issue of owners deserve more, that's crap. Renters help pay people's mortgages. In a down economy, people don't sell they rent. Imagine the issue if they didn't, more people would have lost there homes-be thankful for renters...well at least the good ones. Keep in mind also that owners can refinance, pay off their credit card debt and then essentially get a tax deduction on their credit card interest. There are a lot of advantages to being an owner, but you don't get first right on parking spaces because of that. Sure, I get that people should need a resident sticker to park and people with significant others, friends and family shouldn't even think about parking in Charlestown when there is a snow storm, but renters live here and contribute too.

Maybe parking permits in this town should be a function of size of the vehicle? Maybe more people would have smaller cars. No, I don't care about the size of your family either because many people have families and don't have a car...you use more, you pay more. There is a sense of entitlement in this town and it isn't just coming from Yuppies...it definitely comes from the Townies as well. You live so close to one of the oldest cities in the nation...parking being a hassle is a given.

WAH WAH WAH, Why cant we all get along..........Now here's a topic for you all to bicker about. What about the person that owns the house on the private way. They pay just as much taxes as the next person BUT,,,,DOES NOT, I repeat DOES NOT receive any city plowing services. They shovel and shovel and yet their neighboring "NEIGHBORS" on the abuting streets feel that they can shovel their snow in to the private way, not only blocking the WAY but basically, you have to shovel again, God forbid the police or fire had to get down there. Also the city plows dropping their snow there. Or in the nice weather having to deal with your LOVELY NEIGHBORS weekly trash barrells and bags lined up across the mouth of this Private Way. What? You dont think that this is right? Whats the matter you dont like picking up and dodging other peoples dirty trash barrells after working all day? Oh and yes i am a lifelong townie and being nice didnt help, arguing wouldnt solve anything, so YES I pick and choose my battles and just hope what goes around comes around. Theres certainly more than one way to skin a cat. I know some of you would have done things VERY differently, and trust me the thought has crossed my mind many many times, BUT lifes too short and Karma is a very very funny thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW, now just relax ur slacks, BUT, my opinion is this.................you shovel it you own it for 48 hrs, providing #1 you have a Res Prk Sticker and #2, that you ACTUALLY shoveled out that spot....................