It’s a common practice in northeastern cities for residents without driveways to save their spots on the street with lawn chairs after they dug out from a snowfall. This practice is, however, illegal in most cities and town. The police and the DPWs of those cities rarely seem to enforce this law, but you should know, on-street parking is public property and cannot be reserved no matter how hard you worked to get your car out.

Jenkintown:

Deposit of materials on street prohibited. No person, firm or corporation shall cause any earth, stones, bricks, building material or other matter or substance to be collected or remain upon any street, road or highway of the Borough of Jenkintown so as to be unsightly or to interfere with the use of said roads, streets or highways, nor shall any person, firm or corporation place any earth or any other substance in the gutters of said roads, streets or highways so as to obstruct in any way the flow of water along such gutters

Abington:

Obstructions of rights-of-way. No fences, hedges, trees, shrubbery, plants, walls, signs or other obstructions shall be located or be permitted within the right-of-way.

Cheltenham:

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, corporations or associates to place or maintain any bench, other obstruction or leaves, grass, yard trimmings and tree branches of any kind whatsoever upon any part of the legal right-of-way of any of the public highways situate within the Township of Cheltenham,

You’ve been warned.