Let's see how this will do here, on a fairly pro-car forum
This would very much be the exact same situation here, where people routinely (and illegally) park so far onto the sidewalk, as to make it impossible for me to still walk there with a pram - a situation the city authorities fully condone and are not prepared to do anything about, even if actively requested.
Additionally, I watched a segment on the local news the other day, where a bunch of Müslis wanted to plant a communal herb and veg garden in a public green space. After a bunch of bureaucracy and having to sign all sorts of contracts with the city including obligations of care and such, their initiative (of about 20 people i think) got granted very limited use of a total of 20m² (on a multiple-1000-m² wild grass area next to a main thoroughfare)... it's ridiculous. Would've indeed been much easier and probably cheaper for them to just buy a friggin barely TÜV-able cabrio and a public parking permit (30€ per YEAR ffs) and plant their stuff in there...