Kelowna man issued parking ticket despite having paid for parking

Jonathan Garratt was fined $30 for having his vehicle parked in front of an expired meter – even though the meter in downtown Kelowna wasn’t expired.

Fortunately he kept the receipt and was able to prove his innocence.

It shows that on Feb. 27 a parking fee was paid for a spot at 304 Bernard Avenue at 2:06 p.m., and it was good until 2:49 p.m. The fine was issued the same day at 2:33 p.m. on the 300 block of Bernard Avenue.

“Telling the time I guess should be a given for traffic wardens,” Garratt said. “At least they cancelled it for us.”

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