Council photos:
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Draft reps:
Dear Liverpool City Council,
I challenge liability on the ground that the alleged contravention did not occur and indeed, could not possibly occur. The starting point is that I was not parked in an electric charging bay, there is no charger associated with that particular bay. It is impossible to charge an electric vehicle in this bay because the council has failed to provide a charger.
As if that were not enough, there is no tariff board to bring the terms and conditions of parking to the attention of motorists, as such there is nothing to warn motorists that the off-street parking places order requires vehicles parking in EV charging bays to be plugged in and charging. In the absence of any reference to the off-street parking places order, there is no way to know which signs are mandatory and which signs are merely advisory.
In the circumstances the penalty charge must be cancelled.
Yours faithfully,
Send this online and keep a screenshot of the confirmation page. Don't expect them to roll over straight away, but ultimately I don't see how they could hope to enforce this. I certainly can't see any TPT adjudicator putting up with this sort of nonsense from LCC.