Shhhhhhhh! It’s still parking! Roving Swamplot photographer Candace Garcia happens upon this swan-label vehicle, hanging out late Tuesday a few streets off Westheimer: “My only guess is that since we are so close to Mango’s there may be a performer in town. Or, I guess it could be someone at KPFT. The plates are from Cali. Anyway it’s a really nice truck with a great design on it. The small windows on either side of the cab have curtains hanging on the inside.”
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Photos: Candace Garcia
It is in violation of city ordinance (Chapter 26, Article II, Sec. 26-95) to leave a commercial vehicle parked between the hours of 2am and 6am on a public street. I hope they didn’t get towed.
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Is that a commercial vehicle? Looks possibly converted to recreational or residential to me.
Sorry to disappoint, but this morning I spotted the swan delivering ‘art’ to the ‘gallery’ in River Oaks Shopping Center where One’s a Meal was, once upon a time (air quotes added to confer ‘irony’)
Still, it could be a private vehicle. We have a car hauler that looks very much like this one and at times, it has been used to help family members move.
does it even matter? HPD’s standard policy seems to be ticket/tow if at all possible and let the owner solve in court.
Yawn.
joel said
does it even matter? HPD’s standard policy seems to be ticket/tow if at all possible and let the owner solve in court.
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That would be a change. When we lived in Midtown, here were commercial vehicles parked without moving for a week at a time. I had to beg HPD to do something, as they blocked the view at intersections. HPD’s normal response was “there’s not a box for that on the ticket form”. I finally wrote letters to the Captain in charge, and some tickets were written. Not once was a truck towed, even after 10 days in one spot.
HPD writing a parking ticket? We and our neighbors call them to ticket/tow the illegally parked cars around Ecclesia and it takes them so long to get there they only stick a ticket about half the time.
Pretty lame considering there is a storefront a few blocks away on Westheimer.
In our east end “non historic district” neighborhood, police response time is very good. Additionally, illegally parked vehicles get prompt attention. I’ve seen cars get towed in less than a day’s time.
For commercial vehicles, contact the Truck Enforcement division of HPD.
You better believe cars get ticketed/towed and promptly in Montrose.
You know, if that Walmart were built, they could park it there… They have an RV parking allowance. Just saying…