Nothing of huge consequence at stake here, except the principle:
I was at the gym yesterday with my bike parked legally in GreenP street parking on Bloor westbound just east of Spadina between 4 and 6pm. I come out of the gym at 5:30pm and notice a cruiser sitting a few cars ahead of my bike but think nothing of it and decide to pop in the grocery store. I emerge from the Metro store at about 5:45pm and the cruiser is just pulling away. I cross Bloor street and as I approach my bike I notice a bright yellow present tucked inside the front of my saddle: a $60 ticket for no stopping signed highway times/days. The kicker: it is NOT a no stopping zone!
The ticket is hand-written by a Toronto police constable, so I assume I just missed running into the nice officer. The adjacent street signs clearly allow for parking between 8am and 9pm Monday to Saturday, and there were many other cars parked nearby when I came out (none of which seemed to have tickets that I could discern). There are definitely no visible "No Stopping" signs anywhere on that block in parking zones, nor on any other block in that area that I can discern.
I do know Bloor West westbound USED TO BE a rush hour zone where you couldn't stop between 4pm and 6pm, but this was changed at least a few months ago to allow for street parking all day from at least Spadina through to Christie. No sure why they did this. Increased revenue?
My question: since this is an obvious and indisputable error of fact, is there any way to have the ticket cancelled without going through the courts?
I would happily waste a bit of time fighting this on principle now as I am taking some time off during the summer, but I really can't predict where I will be in 12 to 18 months and my work generally involves a fair amount of travel.
The City of Toronto ticket cancellation policy seems to specifically EXCLUDE dealing with disputes of no stopping / no standing charges.
Thoughts?
I was at the gym yesterday with my bike parked legally in GreenP street parking on Bloor westbound just east of Spadina between 4 and 6pm. I come out of the gym at 5:30pm and notice a cruiser sitting a few cars ahead of my bike but think nothing of it and decide to pop in the grocery store. I emerge from the Metro store at about 5:45pm and the cruiser is just pulling away. I cross Bloor street and as I approach my bike I notice a bright yellow present tucked inside the front of my saddle: a $60 ticket for no stopping signed highway times/days. The kicker: it is NOT a no stopping zone!
The ticket is hand-written by a Toronto police constable, so I assume I just missed running into the nice officer. The adjacent street signs clearly allow for parking between 8am and 9pm Monday to Saturday, and there were many other cars parked nearby when I came out (none of which seemed to have tickets that I could discern). There are definitely no visible "No Stopping" signs anywhere on that block in parking zones, nor on any other block in that area that I can discern.
I do know Bloor West westbound USED TO BE a rush hour zone where you couldn't stop between 4pm and 6pm, but this was changed at least a few months ago to allow for street parking all day from at least Spadina through to Christie. No sure why they did this. Increased revenue?
My question: since this is an obvious and indisputable error of fact, is there any way to have the ticket cancelled without going through the courts?
I would happily waste a bit of time fighting this on principle now as I am taking some time off during the summer, but I really can't predict where I will be in 12 to 18 months and my work generally involves a fair amount of travel.
The City of Toronto ticket cancellation policy seems to specifically EXCLUDE dealing with disputes of no stopping / no standing charges.
Thoughts?
