Parking rules about sharing spaces fairly
Recent coverage of Orange's Orange's mobile parking patrols is prompting discussion about how the system works.
Orange City Council’s Manager of Corporate and Community Relations, Nick Redmond, said the city's parking rules were about sharing the available parking spaces fairly for the convenience of shoppers and business owners.
"Orange is only going to get busier and parking will be harder to find," Nick Redmond said. "Business owners have to ask tough questions about whether it makes sense to use parking spaces which could be used by their customers."
"The mobile parking system has been fine-tuned to be accurate as it can be. Rangers have been instructed to give a driver the benefit of the doubt if it’s not clear from comparing computer images whether or not the car has moved.
"At some point the decision about whether one driver is issued a fine or not, will and must depend on a human judgement. That’s why the system includes the opportunity to gather more evidence and appeal to an independent party, the State Debt Recovery Office.
"The simplest way for a driver to avoid any possibility of being fined in the first place and then spending weeks or months contesting a fine, is that they should not return to park in a spot that they’ve just left."
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