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In November, Phil* parked his car in what appeared to be a designated parking spot at the car park close to the South Maroubra Surf Lifesaving Club.
After enjoying a day at the beach, he returned to find a $140 fine on his windshield. The penalty was issued for not parking “wholly within a parking bay.”
Confused and surprised by the citation, Phil couldn’t understand why he was being penalized.
He took photos of his vehicle, clearly positioned between two white lines he assumed marked an official parking space, and submitted a request for review to Revenue NSW.
“It’s incredibly frustrating,” he expressed in an interview with nine.com.au.
“To receive $140 fine over an honest mistake in a cost of living crisis is unspeakable – all for a couple of hours at the beach.”
In a letter sighted by nine.com.au, Revenue NSW acknowledged Phil’s claim that he was parked within two white lines.
However it was unable to cancel the fine.
“Vehicles must be parked in marked bays where displayed,” the letter read.
“The issuing officer has noted the vehicle was not parked within a marked parking bay.”
Phil was disappointed with the response.
He said he couldn’t have been expected to know the spot where he parked wasn’t considered a marked bay.
”If this isn’t a parking space, which I’d argue it definitely is, there are no signs to show it,” he said.
“It clearly has a white line to show it’s a bay.”
Phil must now pay the $140 or take the matter to court.
Randwick City Council did not respond to nine.com.au’s request for comment.
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