Some drivers in city fuming over tighter parking restrictions

Ambushed by special parking privileges granted to residents of a downtown neighborhood, a well-known Annapolis lobbyist said he'll go to court tomorrow to get the restrictions declared illegal.

Bruce C. Bereano, who got a $25 ticket Sept. 21 for parking on Charles Street, said the little-known restrictions are much tighter than allowed by city law and drivers weren't warned of the change.

"What nerve these people have -- who do they think they are?" Mr. Bereano said, whose office is nearby. "This is government run amok."

The new restrictions, in effect since early August, forbid anyone who doesn't live in the surrounding...