The petition for a parking fine is called an “Objection Against a Parking and Traffic Violation”. When writing your petition keep in mind that the people who are reading it are generally people from within the Parking and Security Department at York. If you spend a page ranting on about how poor parking is at York and how the people who work there have a personal grudge against you, then you are not going to get very far.  

In past experience it has also been found that the following lines do not find much success in the parking petition process: 

“everybody parks there and I’m the only one who got a ticket”

“I was only there for five (or ten, etc. ) minutes”

“Gosh, darn, I thought it was a space”

“I did not see the sign” or “the sign wasn’t there when I parked my car”

“I can’t afford the fine” 

As with all other petitions, be clear, be to the point and be polite.  

Process 

1. After being fined, you have 5 business days in which to submit a Notice of Objection.You can pick up the forms at Parking and Transportation Services, Room 222

William Small Centre at the Main Information Booth located on York Blvd. off Keele (at the main entrance), at the Glendon Parking Office at the Greenhouse, or you can submit it from the website by going to www.yorku.ca/parking. 

2. Prepare the Notice of Objection. Make sure to include your name, full mailing address, parking violation number, decal number (if applicable), telephone number

and York affiliation (i.e. student, tenant, staff, faculty). 

3. If you wish to discuss your individual case, then please discuss it with any CustomerService Representative at the Parking Office. Appointments may be made with the Parking Office Administration Supervisor, or the Parking Manager.  

4. Make your argument in a clear and legible manner and remember to include all supporting documentation (such as medical note, conference pass etc). 

5. Keep the appeal as short as possible while still providing pertinent information. 

6. Indicate that you have taken measures to correct your problem, or if this is your first offense, point that out and state that you now understand the University Parking

Regulations. 

7. Submit your Notice of Objection to the Parking Office. At this office, it will be date stamped and entered into the database as being ‘under appeal.’ Parking staff then

assembles all of the relevant documents pertaining to the specific violation (i.e. an occurrence report, report from the Parking Enforcement Officer or Security, photo-graphic evidence, etc. ). They tend to have a fair amount of support documentation for their actions so it is best to give an accurate version of events. 

8. All documentation is then forwarded to the Appeals Committee, which consists of volunteer members of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Parking (PACOP)

and administrative staff from the Department of Safety, Security and Parking. The Committee meets monthly to review objections and render decisions.  

9. After the committee has reached its decision, you will be contacted by mail.  

10.If your Notice of Objection was denied, you may request a hearing before an appeals panel providing you outline in writing the reasons for requesting a hearing (this must be done in 10 working days from the date of which the decision was mailed). The grounds for a hearing are new information, and/or clarification of infor-

mation submitted in the original appeal.  

11.The Chair and/or Deputy Chair will then decide: 

a) to reverse the initial decision

b) to uphold the original decision (and an administrative fee of $15 may beimposed)

c) to grant an appeal hearing 

12.If an appeal hearing is granted, 3 dates will be offered to the appellant. Failure of the appellant to accept one of these dates, or to not appear for a scheduled hearing will result in the upholding of the initial decision.  

13.Decisions on Appeals are final and binding.