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Doesn't appear to be any particularly obvious reason this would be a big problem.

Edit: Actually looks like they repainted the lines there in between Aug 2013 and Oct 2014 which makes it much more clear.

Here's 2013: https://goo.gl/maps/NF3xguY2P6FX4JUX7 And 2014: https://goo.gl/maps/Bk6W8bqndCb1Zjvd7

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I love how there's a car there in the 2013 shot that likely received a fine.

The goal of the law is to let someone connect a hose to the fire hydrant right? Well even with a car parked in that spot, there is still multiple yards of spare space to connect a hose...

The whole thing smells of someone sticking to the letter not the spirit of the law.

It depends on how accessible to fire trucks that lane is between the cars and the hydrant. If it's a pain for trucks to get in there, they probably usually opt to park in the middle of the street and run the hoses past the cars to the hydrant.

15 feet. Multiple reasons given here:

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-firefighters-need-15-feet-of-sp...

https://archive.ph/ELmoa

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