SUVs Banned From Parking In Dense Neighborhoods

A community does not allow SUVs to park on its narrow streets.

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May 21, 2003, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

After taking tape measures to roads, parking spaces and vehicle bumpers for two years, the Pinecrest Community Association decreed this month that the Silverado, the GMC Savana, the Chevy Avalanche and six other vans, SUVs and pickup trucks can no longer park on the streets of the Fairfax County development...in many newer "in-fill" sites in the county, developers intent on squeezing in the maximum number of houses have received local approval to build roads narrower than the state standard.

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Packing In the Houses, But Not the Parking

Monday, May 19, 2003 in The Washington Post

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