Excitement is great – parking fine even on your own property!

Parking management on the outskirts has already resulted in the expansion of the parking sticker. There are many fields, meadows and roads where parking lot markings are difficult. This is also the case in Scheunenstrasse in the south of Vienna, just 100 meters from the city limits. But here too, park sheriffs make their rounds.

A week ago, Elisabeth Krawert was caught. Only that she had parked her car on her own property. “I couldn’t believe my eyes when I found the ticket in the windshield,” says Ms Krawert. She was visiting her mother on the day of the incident. She parked her car in the field across the street that belongs to her family. When she called the competent magistrate and lodged a complaint, she was advised to wait until the driver investigation was completed.

MA 67: “Property Must Be Marked”
An employee of MA 67 also gave her the tip to clearly mark her property – for example with a barrier system. “The car was three meters behind the boundary stone,” the 64-year-old claimed. She captured this in photos.

Still, an investigation by the magistrate is required. The pensioner must submit an extract from the land register. She was also told that an investigation of the property needed to be conducted.

However, the office could not answer the question of who would pay for this.

“She’s under no obligation to bring it!” says ÖVP district councilor Rudi Wieselthaler, who is committed to the punished.

If the park inspector actually entered private property, Mrs. Krawert would likely be able to file a trespassing claim. “I’ll abstain from that, I just want to be left alone,” she says.