Toronto parking fine increases approved by city council [Video]

Toronto councillors have voted in favour of increasing fines for more than 100 parking violations.

During Wednesday’s meeting, city council debated a staff report that proposed hiking penalty amounts for 125 offences related to parking, stopping and standing.

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Coun. Jennifer McKelvie, chair of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee, introduced a motion that revised some of the penalty amounts in the initial staff report.

“I think we quickly realized in discussions with council colleagues that maybe we need to go with more of a Goldilocks approach, as we had some bears that thought that the fines were too high, and we had some bears that thought that the fines were too low, and I think in the end city staff have come back with fines that are really just right,” said McKelvie, whose motion was approved 20-1.

The fine for parking …