Goon squad has yard sticks

Here's a quiz: How far can you park your car from a driveway on a residential street? Hint: it's apparently the reason I got a ticket yesterday. Now I park and return to look straight to my windsheild because I don't know what other microscopic limitations are required from the Vancouver Police Department of the SS. Also, how far am I suppposed to stop before a stop sign? How far is my car allowed from the curb? How far can I be from the white or yellow line? I'd better find out answers to these and all other "how far" questions because I know they'll be in my driveway soon.