City Of York Council
Parking Office
9 St. Leonards Place
YORK
YO1 7ET

18/06/04
Dear Sir or Madam,

I received PCN YC32023836 on Tuesday having parked my car, a convertible, in the marked bays and placed a visitor permit in the windscreen. I can only surmise that the visitor permit was removed or blew out of the car during that particularly blustery day. In fact I had had a discussion about this with a parking attendant in the previous few days and shown them one of the many permits littering the parcel shelf. The reason for the need of a visitor permit was that I had sold my previous car and inadvertently left the Resident permit in it, and was awaiting its return by the car’s new owner. Ironically, it arrived that evening.

I hope you agree that this, in combination with the £84 annual charge and the occasional fine due to lack of available parking in legitimate spaces (a situation which is thankfully under review and remedial action) is driving the cost of parking far above what might be considered reasonable for a resident household keeping only one vehicle at the property. I believe I took all reasonable steps to comply with the regulations and that this notice came about through what you might term an act of God. If you still consider a penalty is appropriate please contact me and I will pay it.

Faithfully,

Steve Carter