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‘I Acted in Good Faith’: Parking Ticket Appeals 

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The New Canaan Parking Commission recently received the following written appeals from ticketed motorists. Where provided, we have included some specifics regarding the violations cited. ***

“I had to park in a handicap spot because I get bad gout to the point I can barely walk. there were not close spots other than the handicap spot, otherwise I would have been walking so gar and that the pain would have been unbearable. It says on the ticket that ‘Citation may be appealed before the parking Commission by giving written notice of intent to the Parking Bureau within 10 days.’ This is my notification so that I can appeal the ticket.

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‘I Don’t Live in This Town’: Parking Ticket Appeals 

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The following appeals were filed recently by and on behalf of motorists ticketed in New Canaan. Where provided, we are including information about individual tickets. ***

“I received a ticket for parking in a handicapped space. The town’s beautiful potted plant obscured the handicapped sign (I have a photo). My approach was a parallel parking so I did not see the painted sign on the street.

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‘It Was Extremely Hot Out So I Ran into Starbucks’: Parking Ticket Appeals

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The Parking Commission recently received the following written appeals from ticketed motorists. ***

“This is my vehicle that is parked in front of my house, which we have owned for over 40 years. Since we don’t have a ‘drive-in’ paved driveway, we park in front partly off the pavement, as indicated by the induced photo. The front of the house is our driveway, essentially. Over the 40+ years of both residing and renting out this house, we have occasionally parked driver-side-in depending on which way we arrived and which end of the car needed access for loading.

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‘I Would Never Ever Park in a Handicap Space’: Parking Ticket Appeals 

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Ticketed motorists submitted the following appeals recently to the New Canaan Parking Commission. ***

“Greetings. I’m a 16 year resident of New Canaan and have paid my share of parking tickets, but I am appealing this specific parking ticket. After catering a party, Rosie’s had requested that I return a set of string lights to their restaurant. I parked my car just before the white pillars, tucked in to the space just ahead of the restaurant, put on my hazard lights and quickly carried the string of lights in to the restaurant.

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‘I Even Asked a Passerby To Help Me’: Parking Ticket Appeals

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Ticketed motorists and their spouses submitted the following appeals recently to the New Canaan Parking Commission. ***

“I feel I shouldn’t receive this ticket as there is no sign.”

—$30 for parking on the grass on Millport Ave., at 2:17 p.m. on April 20 (New Canaan resident)

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“I tried to use my credit card in both directions and the machine would not accept it. I even asked a passerby to help me but it still didn’t work!”

—$25 for unpaid space in the Park Street Lot, at 12:44 p.m. on April 7 (Bedford, N.Y.)

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“I came in to drop a check off to Vicki at Stone Techniques which is right behind the pay meter/box. The 15 min spots were full, so I parked around the back of the road (Cherry St). By the time I returned after handing Vicki the check I had a ticket.