Answer for: What do you think of the proposed parking fine changes downtown?

#5 Create a Prolonged Parking Fine  

Keep the $2 ticket as is. But if a person leaves the car for additional 3 hours after the first ticket then tack on a prolonged parking fine of $15.

That way you target the people that are abusing the system. While not punishing those who were running late.

 

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salmonster Member (Level 4): 989 points   1 year ago

Doesn't Missoula already do this? I've paid over a hundred dollars in parking fines here over the past four years, and I'm pretty sure that a lot of that accumulated via such abuses that you describe and the resulting significant hike in the fines I got.

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BobNewHeart Member (Level 1): 11 points   1 year ago

Yes, Missoula has a tiered fine structure. IF it is enforced, your fines increase throughout the day if you continue to park illegally (up to $42.00 per day) You almost never see evidence of this enforcement.

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