As snow melts in South Boston, 220 parking place savers confiscated

(David L. Ryan / Globe Staff / File)

The city cracked down in South Boston again this week on parking space savers, such as this lawn chair shown on L Street in February 2007.

By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff

South Boston: Don’t blame your neighbor. Nobody moved that hunk of broken furniture you were using to save the parking spot you shoveled after Friday’s snowstorm.

The city cracked down Monday and collected 220 milk crates, orange cones, lawn chairs, recycling bins, and other random objects that residents were using to stake claim to parking spots. Under city rules, space savers can only be used for 48 hour after heavy snowfalls.

The mayor’s office sent a special crew to South Boston after the city received complaints on its resident hotline, said spokeswoman Dot Joyce.

In other neighborhoods, trash crews picked up items marking spaces along their regular routes. The practice of saving parking places has long been a point of friction between South Boston residents and City Hall.

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