The city said there was a chance they could be grandfathered into being allowed to park in front of their house -- if they could find a historic photo showing a car (or horse-drawn buggy) parked there.
SAN FRANCISCO -- It seemed so unfair. They'd been using their carpad for decades - when suddenly the city said it's illegal. Not only that, they were threatened with a $1,500 fine - a huge penalty even for San Francisco. The only way out? Go back into San Francisco history.
But they could slip into their driveway and park on their carpad, which they'd been doing every day for the past 36 years."We got this email saying we can't park in the pad anymore. I said what, that's crazy," recounted Ed."It was very surprising, to say the least," said Judy. "To all of a sudden to be told you can't use something that we could use for years. It's, it's startling. Inexplicable," Ed said.Testing SF's new BottleBank mobile recycling service reveals delayed payments, location scarcity
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