Saturday, October 25, 2008

Contractors paint yellow lines around car

Council contractors painted yellow lines around Paul McCarthy's car while he was on holiday.

The 31-year-old was stunned when he returned from a weekend away to find his once legally parked motor marked out for attention on Hyde Terrace in Woodhouse.

Traffic wardens have slapped three £70 fines on it and the bar manager who lives in the centre of city is now in a wrangle with Leeds City Council.



Paul said: "The traffic warden had given me three parking tickets. I've told the council to say I've no intention of paying the fines."

A Leeds City Council spokesman said: "We do not enforce parking restrictions in any ways which are illegal and are addressing locations where signs and lines do not conform to regulations.

"We have to comply to the letter of the law and never knowingly issue a parking ticket where the lines or signs are incorrect. All of our parking attendants are specifically trained in this respect."

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