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People across town are asking if the City of Ottawa has gone crazily overboard with enforcement of the winter on-street parking ban.
Just the odd infraction? Lord no. The city has issued 17,795 tickets during the five winter parking bans so far this season.
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In some cases, well-meaning residents have watched the plow go by, then moved their cars onto the cleared road to shovel or blow their own driveways, only to get parking tickets because the vehicle is temporarily on the cleaned street.