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It was a picture-perfect day at the Oak Street Po-boy Festival, but the perfect day did not end the same for dozens of people slapped with $40 parking tickets while they enjoyed the festival.The 2014 Oak Street Po-boy Festival brought thousands together to celebrate and indulge in the iconic New Orleans sandwich. The event was held Sunday afternoon.MOBILE APP USERS: Watch Report Here"We go out of our way to represent how we feel about food by making our po-boys in this town," said Brack May, owner of Cowbell restaurant on Oak Street.Now in its eighth year, the one-day festival has grown to include five stages and more than 30 food vendors and highlights this increasingly popular section of the city."We have great music venues on this street, really cool bars and restaurants, it's very diverse, so it's just to let everybody know, 'Hey, come up here even thought the traffic sucks," May said.The festival went off without a hitch, but some people left griping when they made it to their cars. To the surprise of many car after car parked along the railroad tracks on Leake Avenue was ticketed .The tickets are for parking within 50 feet of a railroad crossing, and most were time stamped between 2 and 3 p.m."Oh, I didn't know that was a law," said Joy Solomon who was slapped with parking citation. "Since it's in a residential neighborhood, it's really nowhere else to park, so I thought it was kind of safe just parking here."Nick Albrecht avoided parking in the area knowing cars have been ticketed there in the past."We actually parked along the river last year and saw a bunch of cars with tickets. We actually didn't get a ticket for some reason, but that's why we didn't park here this year," Albrecht said.He and Angelica Araujo felt drivers who parked along the tracks were an easy target."Normally everyone who parks at Cooter Brown's Tavern they park along here, and they never get tickets but for po-boy fest most people get a ticket," Araujo said. "There's no specific signs or anything like specifically saying no parking."However, Joy Solomon was glad her car was still where she left it when she returned. "I saw the city was towing, so I was just happy that the car wasn't towed. I'll give $40."A couple of other parking restrictions some may be unclear about are no parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or within 20 feet of corners and crosswalks.