Winter Parking Ban Starts Today
Posted Dec 14, 2009 03:52:15 PM.
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People in Halifax Regional Municipality are paying the price for the city’s winter parking ban.
The city hauled in roughly $10,000 after issuing at least 200 tickets since the ban came into effect today. Under the ban, parking is restricted from city streets between 1:00 am and 7:00 a.m.
The cost of the tickets can increase from fifty dollars to eighty-three dollars if the fine is not paid. The owner of a vehicle can also incur increased fines for the cost of towing.
Cst. Brian Palmeter, with Halifax Regional Police says that residents have received plenty of warning about the ban.
” There’s been a lot of attempts made to educate the public, through print, media, on the webpage… so we would have thought people would realized that this was coming,” says Palmeter.
The ban is scheduled to be lifted on March 30, 2009.
