City of M.L. increasing parking and traffic enforcement
With the recent hiring of a new officer, the city’s bylaw department is strengthening its enforcement with new parking tickets.
Residents parking in two-hour zones may have seen the recent addition of orange warning tickets on vehicle windows. Cars parked longer than posted times will start receiving notice of violations as of Monday, Aug. 21. The fine for being over the time limit is $25 with a reduction to $15 if it is paid within 96 hours. The period for the warning ticket system will end this coming Friday, Aug. 18.
Joe Hallahan, the city’s Community Safety Officer and Bylaw Manager said the new employee, named Tracy Chuckrey, started working on Aug. 1.
“Her duties include parking enforcement with a focus in the downtown core, as that’s been an area where the city’s been asked to do a lot more,” he said. “We’ve started going out and doing walking patrols and we’ve been doing warning tickets for about a two week-period, which is almost up now.”