Residents living on the same housing estate are now subject to different parking rules - with some having to pay for a permit while neighbours do not.
The unusual situation at Cheswick Village has arisen as a result of the estate straddling the council boundary between Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
A corner of the site on Bristol City Council 's side introduced permit parking this week, but there is no such obligation on the section within South Gloucestershire Council's remit.
However, those on the South Gloucestershire side are already restricted from parking on the roads after the council rolled out double-yellow lines.
Several streets are affected but a map of the parking zone appears that one street in particular, Hermitage Wood Road, has been split in two.
Measures were introduced by both authorities after residents in Cheswick Village, an extension of Stoke Gifford, repeatedly complained of commuters using their estate as a car park.
The problem became so pronounced in 2019 that fuming 'vigilante' enforcers placed cones on top of cars, covered them in flour and even left nails beneath the tyres.
It sits in close proximity to the Ministry of Defence Abbeywood Complex and the University of the West of England campus, with the councils identifying staff and students as part of the problem.
Bristol council first proposed the permit zone in 2019 but the changes came did not come into force until Monday (February 1), according to tweet shared yesterday.
It warned: "Anyone parking without a permit could be fined.
"This only applies to the Bristol area of Cheswick Village and signs will be in place."
Many houses on the estate have their own driveways, in which case residents will still be able to park outside their own homes without paying.
Neighbours spoke to Bristol Live last year about how the estate was a "no man's land" for school places as it is caught between two different education authorities.
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