Coun. Stephen Holyday questions why so many parking tickets are being reduced or cancelled on appeal to the city's Administrative Penalty Tribunal.
The Toronto tribunal reduced 40% of parking ticket fines last year on appeals citing 'hardship' | CBC News LoadedThe Toronto tribunal reduced 40% of parking ticket fines last year on appeals citing 'hardship'
Coun. Stephen Holyday said the "striking" number makes him question how much of a deterrent parking tickets really are. Of the 21,000 cases it heard in 2023, the APT said, 8,600 were either reduced or cancelled outright due to "hardship."Do you have to pay for parking tickets issued by private lots?We've all been there. An appointment runs late, or you enter your licence plate wrong, and you return to your car to find the dreaded ticket under your wiper blade. If you complain about it enough, chances are that someone in your social circle will advise ignoring the ticket.
Kasias said the tribunal's 25 hearing officers are members of the public who are well trained and backed up by city support staff. "For example, income, if that's an issue, medical issues, anything related to other expenses," she said. "This must be proven to the tribunal members either through a CRA notice of assessment, some medical document."
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