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NEWS RELEASE
City Hall
1565 First Street
Sarasota, FL 34236
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For Immediate Release: June 1, 2007
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PARKING FINES INCREASE
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Sarasota – The fine for an overtime parking violation
within the City of Sarasota will increase from $7.50 to $15.00
effective Mon., June 4, 2007. The increase is designed to
help alleviate parking problems by discouraging drivers from
parking illegally. “Hopefully, it will help regulate
some of the people who don’t find the $7.50 fine to
be a penalty,” said Bob Kamper, City of Sarasota Parking
Director. The measure brings Sarasota in line with most southwest
Florida cities, where the average cost of an overtime parking
ticket is $15.00.
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Habitual offenders will also be impacted
by the new parking fines. Anyone who receives three parking
tickets within 30 days will have a $30.00 fee added onto
that third ticket.
The City of Sarasota is also adding a new
violation to its parking fines: chalk removal. Anyone caught
removing the
white chalk placed on tires by parking enforcement officers
will be fined $250.00. Both the chalk removal and habitual
offender fines become effective Mon., June 4, 2007.
For more information visit Parking.Sarasotagov.com
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Release Contact: Jan Thornburg, Public Information
Officer 941-954-4160
jan.thornburg@sarasotagov.com
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