Auctioning off public parking spots to the highest bidder in cities where parking is scarce is either brilliant business, or illegal. And creating an app to manage it all could be considered extremely creative. Technology lawyers being called to arms are reporting that this most recent battle represents “yet another clash between innovative technologies and regulators trying to maintain law and order, public safety, and a sense of social decorum.” The app in question is called Monkey Parking, and it allows drivers who score a notoriously hard-to-get San Francisco parking spot to sell it for $5, $10, even $20 and then hang out there until the buyer arrives to take their place. City Attorney Dennis Herrera calls the practice “illegal” and warns drivers that it puts them “on the hook for $300 fines,” saying the app “creates a predatory private market for public parking spaces.” And while some Salt Lake City technology lawyers agree with both the technicality of Herrera’s statement and the ideology behind protecting the public from predatory schemes, others disagree, saying that the app and the two other similar startups facing government action represent a response to a public demand for change within the city. #saltlakecitytechnologylawyers #technologyattorneysinsaltlakecity
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:27:17 +0000
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