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Hi All,

I would be grateful for your advice. I am posting on behalf of a family member and it may be there is nothing to do but thought I would check here first.

 Essentially PCN issued for parking on yellow line. Driver thought restriction was until 8.00am but is actually 7.00am and was therefore issued a PCN at 7.57am and by the time driver came down at 7.59am car was already towed and nowhere to be seen.
I understand there is no legal obligation for council to wait a period of time before towing. I think it is worth pointing out that the road is extremely quiet and it in no way was causing a blockage or interruption to anything.

It is irrelevant to the facts of the PCN but it is an unfortunate situation as the driver has a work van which was broken into and vandalised that day (and now written off) so was dealing with the police until late that day and was unable to find parking where he normally parks his car as couldn't move the work van hence leaving it on single yellow to move the next day. Not a good day for him!

Location of the incident is:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/NBfFmEdEueDtr95r7

Photo of the sign detailing the restriction:
https://ibb.co/CSvZp6R

PCN:
https://ibb.co/GvkbpjjZ

Copy of receipt for payment
https://ibb.co/7dgqLqsc


Documentation (4 pages)
https://ibb.co/zWg6qYPK

https://ibb.co/bjt7ysXp

https://ibb.co/W43N0y7t

https://ibb.co/xSqPWrdz

Hi all,

I would be grateful for your advice. I have a residents permit for my car. It was parked in a suspended bay and received a ticket.
The reason I parked there was I do not think it was obvious it was suspended and hence why I would like to appeal.

The parking space is a bay with space for two cars. Each side of it has single yellow and then further bays both sides after the single yellow.

There was a parking suspension side on the single bay further up the street from where I parked (separated from where I parked with a single yellow line) and another parking suspension sign on the row of bays further down from where I parked again separated from where I parked by a single yellow.

There is a parking sign directly next to the 2 bay space I was parked in which had no suspension sign. Hence believing I could park there. You may be thinking why did I not check the other signs but this street is utter carnage at the moment with suspensions due to skips, water works and whatever else and whatever was going on that day obviously caught a lot of people out judging by the number of cars on the street that received tickets and were being removed by council trucks.

Hopefully the pics tell the story better:)

https://imgur.com/a/hSPQ4v1

Street map location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/GeUdSj2p2So7BxrWA

Thanks for any advice!