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- Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:21 am
- Forum: Parking Tickets
- Topic: bylaw officer took my disabled permit for misuse
- Replies: 5
- Views: 25536
Re: bylaw officer took my disabled permit for misuse
Sorry JohnnyPublic, a bylaw officer can seize and hold an accessible parking permit if they have reasonable grounds to believe that it has been used while in contravention of a bylaw. That may be all well and good. But if she explained that her grandfather was at the concert and would be walking ba...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:43 pm
- Forum: Following too closely
- Topic: Spelling mistake on ticket
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2163
Re: Spelling mistake on ticket
Nope spelling mistakes don't invalidate a HTA notice of offence.
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:38 pm
- Forum: Parking Tickets
- Topic: bylaw officer took my disabled permit for misuse
- Replies: 5
- Views: 25536
Re: bylaw officer took my disabled permit for misuse
The By-Law officer does not have the right to confiscate the disabled parking permit after your daughter explained the circumstances. So long as it was explained that you would be walking to the car after the concert. Fight the ticket in court and also lodge a complaint with the municipality regardi...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:34 pm
- Forum: Parking Tickets
- Topic: Fire Hydrant...to measure or not to measure
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2463
Re: Fire Hydrant...to measure or not to measure
The chalk line was so that the By-Law officer had a reference to measure 'from'. The distance is the distance straight along the curb, not from the hydrant. Therefore, you need to go to the hydrant. Walk straight to the road and measure from where your toe touches the street to your bumper. The fire...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:12 pm
- Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 16 to 29 km/h
- Topic: Speeding in Construction Zone, Fine Double but No Workers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4132
Re: Speeding in Construction Zone, Fine Double but No Worker
I would fight the ticket - never settle or plea if the officer is incorrect. If the officer claimed that there were officers present and you can show that none were (timeslips etc) it will call into question the judgment of the officer with the rest of the infraction. Request a court date. See what ...