An Illinois appellate court ruled Friday that the city of Chicago unlawfully overcharged some residents who were ticketed for failing to have a vehicle sticker.
Chicagoans line up at City Hall to purchase city stickers for their autos on July 15, 2014, the last day to purchase the stickers without risking a ticket.
Zolna said that in some cases, the city also piled one ticket on top of another for the same violation, leading some residents to incur massive penalties. Even though he parked the car in a private lot, he said, the city ticketed him dozens of times for not having the sticker until the fees and penalties reached about $20,000. He had to declare bankruptcy before he could start paying it back, he said.A spokeswoman for the city’s Law Department did not immediately comment on the specifics of the appellate ruling.
“It was just one thing after another,” he said. “It’s pretty insane to me that they’re able to levy that much in tickets in such a short amount of time with little to no recourse.”Advertisement
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