Melbourne council issues parking tickets to residents before finding signs ‘tampered with’

Residents of a suburban Melbourne street discovered they – and their neighbours – had received parking tickets on vehicles they had long kept in front of their properties.

They found out on Tuesday that the parking signs along Malane Street in the south-eastern suburb of Ormond had been changed, and they were shocked.

One resident told the Herald Sun that he had received no warning from the council about the amended parking restrictions.

The council’s acting chief executive, Kellie Vise, confirmed the contents of the email on Wednesday, and said all the fines had been cancelled after it was notified about the issue late on Tuesday.

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