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Parking authority seeks higher ticket fines; council advances changes after questions
Summary
Williamsport Parking Authority proposed raising many parking violation fines (most currently $10) to $20–$25 and increasing some permit fees; council advanced the ordinance on first reading 5-1 and asked staff for more information on notice, enforcement hours, meter outages and the authority's debt.
Williamsport Parking Authority Manager Nikki Winter told City Council the authority is proposing a package of ordinance amendments to raise many parking violation fines that have not changed in about 15 years. "The first one would be for blocking a fire hydrant... It's currently at $10. We were looking to increase that to 25," Winter said, and listed similar increases for loading-zone, curb-corner and crosswalk violations as well as higher fees for some resident permits.
Jared Kinley, chairman of the parking…
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